HP laserjet 5100 cloudy

[the prints of england]

the first image is printed on regular paper immediately after the second image on the same printer.

the second image is printed on DI-LASER film and has some blurring or watermarking.

the printer is a HP Laserjet 5100.

I'm trying to figure out what is causing the bleeding issue.

 

[stratman]

DI-LASER film

A light sensitive film (not paper) that uses a medical dry laser printer in a two step process to print xrays.

1. A laser light is used to "expose" the film with the desired xray image file.
2. Heat is then applied to "develop" the film.

This tech replaces wet/aqueous silver solution printing of xrays. Very cool.

Very different process than a home/business class typical laser printer like your HP Laserjet 5100. You are bound to have different printed results.

See Page 3 for a brief explanation of the process of these dri laser printers.:

https://www.medwrench.com/documents/view/3460/fujifilm-drypix-7000-fujidry-laser-imager-brochure

 

[the prints of england]

A light sensitive film (not paper) that uses a medical dry laser printer in a two step process to print xrays.

1. A laser light is used to "expose" the film with the desired xray image file.
2. Heat is then applied to "develop" the film.

This tech replaces wet/aqueous silver solution printing of xrays. Very cool.

Very different process than a home/business class typical laser printer like your HP Laserjet 5100. You are bound to have different printed results.

See Page 3 for a brief explanation of the process of these dri laser printers.:

https://www.medwrench.com/documents/view/3460/fujifilm-drypix-7000-fujidry-laser-imager-brochure

thank you for the response. what i'm using is DI-LASER film from Davis Int.
https://www.davisint.com/product/dilaser-premium-laser-film/

 

[The Hat]

he second image is printed on DI-LASER film and has some blurring or watermarking.

Try printing on the laser film first when the drum is cold..
Or get the experts on laser film…

 

[stratman]

Googled "DI-LASER film" and that's what I got. Printing with laser beams sounds more fun than an ordinary laser printer.

Good luck with your printing.

 

[the prints of england]

Googled "DI-LASER film" and that's what I got. Printing with laser beams sounds more fun than an ordinary laser printer.

Good luck with your printing.

i guess it's a proprietary Davis product. I've had this issue before but not consistently. an ordinary laser printer still uses lasers!

 

[The Hat]

I've had this issue before but not consistently.

Just a taught..? Are you printing on the right side of the film…

 

[the prints of england]

i believe so. there's a rough side and a smooth side. i print on the rough side.

 

[stratman]

an ordinary laser printer still uses lasers!

Yes, lasers are used. But very different processes.

Home laser printer
https://www.explainthatstuff.com/laserprinters.html

Medical dry laser imagers
Use a photosensitive film that the lasers applies it light directly onto the film creating the image. The film then travels over a drum that heats the film to develop the film image. No toner is used.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3137864/

Very different ways the two printers use a laser to create an image.