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Get printing! Choosing the right printer for your needs

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Lab Rats

Monday October 5, 2009

Long have we waited for the fabled paperless office. The office where e-mail rules all, where paper is not shipped in by the crate and loaded into the printer daily by the ream. While we've made some steps forward, the paperless office is still but a pipe dream. Until we reach that paper-free plateau, we're going to need printers. Andy and Sean take a look at inkjet, laser and multifunction printers, explain how they work and explain why you might want to choose one type over the others.

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Show Notes

DPI = dots per inch. The higher this number, the higher the quality of the prints can be.

For more information on thermal printing, see labratsonline.com/thermalprinter.

For more information on solid ink, see labratsonline.com/solidinkprinter.

Inkjet printer = there's a cool video by HP about how inkjet works at: labratsonline.com/inkjetvideo.

HP OfficeJet Pro 8000 = $150 US.

Laser printer = technically the laser/LED puts a reserve of the image on the drum, which transfers the image to the paper.

Lexmark C540n = $349 US.

Multifunction printer = home or office machines that incorporates a printer, scanner, photocopier, fax, and email capabilities.

Epson Artisan 810 = $299 US.

There are 1000 picoliters in a nanoliter and 1 billion nanoliters in 3 bottles of beer.

Suddenly a food demo idea! labratsonline.com/supersoaker.

Xerox invented laser printing in 1969, and IBM made it commercial in 1976. Inkjet was discovered in 1977.

Of course, for faithful photo reproduction you have to print on photo paper, not standard photocopier paper.

Learn more about 3D printers: labratsonline.com/3Dprinters.

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