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    Text looks too 'bold' on inkjet compared to laser printer. Help!

    That is very interesting, thanks. I am going to perform some tests between postscript and normal. I will also rasterise some enlarged text screenshots, scale them to size, and print them on both printers. I never understood halftoning until recently, and I couldn't understand why grey text...
  2. J

    Text looks too 'bold' on inkjet compared to laser printer. Help!

    Yes, I guess that is the best solution. So you're saying it's the laserjet's fault for making text too thin rather than the inkjet's for making it fat and splodgy? I'm sure I could test this with some simple vector artwork, and we can test how both machines print lines of a known thickness. I...
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    Text looks too 'bold' on inkjet compared to laser printer. Help!

    When enlarged the laserjet font looks just as it does on screen, the proportions are just right. The laserjet has a postscript module anyway. The inkjet text does not look elegant when you see it on the page, too bold. I would say the inkjet is the problem here, but thank you for the response.
  4. J

    Text looks too 'bold' on inkjet compared to laser printer. Help!

    My HP laserjet (old - 4m) prints my document like this, with nice sharp text: When printed on my colour inkjet (Hp officejet 8000 pro, brand new) however, it looks like this: For some reason the text is more bold on the inkjet. This is a problem. Most of my pages are mono so I will print...
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