Steve'sDigicams

LewTwo · Jan 2, 2005, 11:59 PM

Textronics developered a solid ink (wax) printer line called PHASER. THe line has since been picked up by Xerox. Anyone have any comments about using one of these as a photo printer ?

jawz · Jan 3, 2005, 8:12 AM

We have a Xerox/Tektronix phaser 860 where I work. It is a poor photo printer--color rendition is just not right. With plain copier paper the resulting photo prints are miserable as one might expect. I've tried glossy and matte photo quality paper with little improvement in photo quality. I use the default color management profile for the printer.

Maybe there is a combination of paper and color management settings that could yield acceptable results?

LewTwo · Jan 3, 2005, 5:33 PM

The strength of these printers is "supposed to be" the consistency across various types of media. If if is not good onplain paper then I would expect little improvement on other media. As you say color managment might play a key.

Thanks for your feedback.

Lewis

normant · Jan 4, 2005, 9:50 AM

We also have a Phaser 860 at work. We print photos from a program called QuarkXpress. Using this program, I am able to tell the printer I want a High Quality Resolution/Photo (1200 dpi). And we've found that using the "Commecercial Press" selection under Color Correction, we get satisfactory results. Alot of times I do take the photo into Photoshop to fix the colors or lighten the photo for printing. I haven't tried printing photos from any other program though.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

Steve'sDigicams

Recent Camera Reviews

Most Active Forums

Most Popular Deals

Latest Feature Articles

Jan 2, 2005, 11:59 PM	#1
LewTwo Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 62	Textronics developered a solid ink (wax) printer line called PHASER. THe line has since been picked up by Xerox. Anyone have any comments about using one of these as a photo printer ?

Jan 3, 2005, 8:12 AM	#2
jawz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 430	We have a Xerox/Tektronix phaser 860 where I work. It is a poor photo printer--color rendition is just not right. With plain copier paper the resulting photo prints are miserable as one might expect. I've tried glossy and matte photo quality paper with little improvement in photo quality. I use the default color management profile for the printer. Maybe there is a combination of paper and color management settings that could yield acceptable results?

Jan 3, 2005, 5:33 PM	#3
LewTwo Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 62	The strength of these printers is "supposed to be" the consistency across various types of media. If if is not good onplain paper then I would expect little improvement on other media. As you say color managment might play a key. Thanks for your feedback. Lewis

Jan 4, 2005, 9:50 AM	#4
normant Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 8	We also have a Phaser 860 at work. We print photos from a program called QuarkXpress. Using this program, I am able to tell the printer I want a High Quality Resolution/Photo (1200 dpi). And we've found that using the "Commecercial Press" selection under Color Correction, we get satisfactory results. Alot of times I do take the photo into Photoshop to fix the colors or lighten the photo for printing. I haven't tried printing photos from any other program though.