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    Which fuser roller is heated ?

    Everything I’ve read says the heated fuser roller has a hard surface & the pressure roller is rubber. The lower roller on my Brother MFC -L2700DW is sort of brown colored & has a glossy look so I presumed it was the heated roller. The upper roller looks like gray rubber so I figured it was the...
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    Can I use preprinted paper in a laser printer ?

    I put a sheet of the preprinted paper through the laser printer. The first half of the page printed OK but then the last part looked like a double exposure. The toner rubs off a little easier than it does from a print on regular paper. The preprinted paper didn’t seem heavier than regular 20lb...
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    Can I use preprinted paper in a laser printer ?

    I’d like to use some stationary paper with a preprinted colored border in a laser printer but am not sure if it’s safe to use due to the heated drum. IOW is the colored ink heat resistant or will it come off on a drum? The manual for my Brother all-in-one printer says “Preprinted paper must use...
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    Ultra K / Ultra black pigment ink from Precision Colors

    I did a water torture test on plain paper (Georgia-Pacific) & ColorLok (HP) paper using the Canon OEM pigment black & dye black inks. I printed several lines of text on both sides of each paper & labeled each section while printing so things would not get mixed up. This gave me 4 samples on each...
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    Ultra K / Ultra black pigment ink from Precision Colors

    When I smear with a wet finger, it is really wet & does cause the paper to wrinkle. Doing this the pigment black has always smeared more than the dye. Selecting matte paper really slows down printing. Ill do at least some of the next mailing with the matte setting & see what happens. The...
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    Ultra K / Ultra black pigment ink from Precision Colors

    I am using OEM Canon ink. The document that I print is mainly black text with a black box outlining parts of it. There is also a color logo. The black should be pigment & the logo dye. I have done a very wet finger smear test after letting the ink dry for 1 hour, 3 hrs, 12 hrs, 18 hrs & 24 hrs...
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    Ultra K / Ultra black pigment ink from Precision Colors

    I do work for a non-profit organization and send out & receive documents. Problem is when I get them returned it appears the letters were folded when the ink was still wet. So I started spreading them out on the floor & letting them dry for at least an hour before folding to fit an envelope. But...
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    Ultra K / Ultra black pigment ink from Precision Colors

    Grandexp. Please take a look at this thread, and the example link shown in message #12. http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6300 That is the problem I am having with ColorLok. It certainly does not improve my black text printing. ColorLok is worse compared to the plain paper I...
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    The paper is stacked coming out of the iP4700. However I separate & spread out the sheets on the floor to dry for about an hour, sometimes longer. The ink transfer I get is from folding the letter into thirds in order to fit an envelope. If the bottom third is folded in first then it gets some...
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    The iP4700 uses PGI-220BK for the black pigment and CLI-221 carts for the color & photo black inks.
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    ghwellsjr, Well I bought some paper without ColorLok, sent out & received back some of the form letters that had the ink transfer problem. It is better but not quite right. The black ink transfer is about half as dark compared to what happens with the ColorLok paper. My friend who used to send...
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    Canon iP4700 cleaning cycle

    My Canon iP4700 was already on because I printed some black text about 6 hours prior. I went to print another page & the printer started doing it nozzle cleaning ritual. I grabbed my watch & timed it at almost exactly 2 minutes of making noise & probably wasting ink. Then a message said to...
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    I printed 3 test sheets with some black ink text & then let dry for at least 6 hours. I then ran a very wet finger over each. 1) Plain lined paper from a pad of Office Max paper has no noticeable smear. The paper just has wrinkles from getting wet. 2) A piece of miscellaneous copy paper has a...
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    Thanks for the comment about the BCI-3eBk pigment black. I have an iP3000 which I thought bringing back into service, but it does need a new printhead. I never bought the printhead because it was cheaper to buy an iP3500. After a while I got the iP4700 because it was cheaper than ink for the...
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    I did a lot of searching after you first mentioned ColorLok and just about every Google hit praises how wonderful it is. And how it reduces smearing, at least when the paper is coming out of the printer. I found one comment where the person had problems using a highlighter because it smeared...
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    Yes I am. It's Georgia-Pacific Premium MultiPurpose. The package does say "Now With ColorLok Technology". I'm presuming that's not good. What does ColorLok do? I just looked & the HP paper I have also states ColorLok.
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    I printed some form letters last night. Again, the page has a color logo at the top and a few lines of blue & red text. The page is mostly black text & does have a box with black lines that are slightly less than 1mm width. I let dry 1 hour & ran my wet finger over the black text & black lines...
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    iP4700 pigment vs black dye ink

    I am printing in standard mode. I have been laying out the form letters all over my living room floor for about an hour in order for the ink to dry. I am printing mostly text with a few thin lines. There are no large blocks of black. The text is getting transferred to the other parts of the...
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    Guess what is superior about printing with the MG8120 vs. iP4820 ?

    I have an iP4700 & am getting tired of the long cleaning cycle that sometimes occurs when turning it on. From what you are saying it appears I should use the iP4600 driver. Is there some feature that might be missing if I do so?
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    Biggest difference between the iP4600 and iP4820

    I too would like to know about the iP4820 cleaning cycle. Sometimes my iP4700 goes on & on & on. This is the 4th Canon printer I've had and each newer one takes longer to clean & start printing.
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