[comp.laser-printers] Color printing on Laserjet II

JAJZ801@CALSTATE.BITNET (Jeff Sicherman,CSU Long Beach) (10/08/89)

  Yes, that's what I mean (in the header).

  Could somebody tell me if the following is practical:

  We would like to produce colored output on our Laser printer (Laserjet II)
without the expense of a Color printer at this time (still too rich at $10k).
Output would include paper and tranparencies, though the immediate need is
for tranparencies.

  I thought perhaps that since it is possible to get different color cartridges
for the LJII (have seen black and blue inks advertised) that there might also
be other colors from *some* source, expecting a hefty price though.

  To produce the color output, we would separate the output into color planes
and print each plane separately, running the paper/vellum through the printer
once for each color and changing cartridges between plane-runs. Note that we
do not have fancy artisitic goals for this: no shading, color mixing to
produce hues, etc.; just overlaying different color areas and lines onto
charts. We would batch the runs to maximize number of sheets per use of a
cartridge.

  Is there any reason(s) why this wouldnt work: colors not available, cant
pass the media through multiple times, etc ?

  Also, if anyone knows of a source for such colors, particularly RED and
a brighter, lighter BLUE than is used for typical printing, I would appreciate
being directed to them.

  Please reply to me and the list: I sometimes do not get reliable delivery
of messages from the group.

  Thanks for any insight/guidance.

  Jeff Sicherman
  jajz801@calstate.bitnet

WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Frank J. Wancho") (10/12/89)

It is highly unlikely, if not impossible, to get the colors to
register.  You simply can't guarantee the paper will follow the exact
same path through the machine for each color pass, no matter how
careful you are.

--Frank