Are 600X2400dp Laser Color Printers Equivalent to a Home InkJet Printer Quality?

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So I have a Canon MG3120 inkjet printer, its been working perfectly for what Im printing, which is blue handwriting on a piece of paper, its a flyer essentially. It has to look realistic like it was not printed. But the ink cost is killing me. Im doing about 1,000 copies a month.

So I wanted to get a laser color printer that matches or exceeds the quality of my inkjet canon. I was thinking Brother HL-3170CDW laser color printer, it has really good ratings, its an entry level model, but someone pointed out its only 600 x 2400 dp so its not going to do great quality images.... But like 90% of the laser printers out there are that DP, even the $400 ones.

I did find a Lexmark CS410dn in the 200 hundred range with 1200X1200 DP ....but now im confused because 1200 is higher than 600, but the other ones have 2400 in them.... as in "600 X 2400" So I dont get it.


So what are your guys thoughts?
 
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iam2thecrowe
if your doing 1000 of the same thing every month, its probably cheaper to go to a commercial printer and get it printed. Most commercial production laser printers are 600dpi, and this is enough (i fix them). There are many other factors including processing, calibration, colour gamut, toner type, fusing etc that will determine an accurate end result. I would put a testament to Canon, hp and xerox lower end consumer models producing a good print when set up correctly.

Now a laser printer isnt going to give great photo prints like an inkjet does on photo paper, but they do print a lot better on plain papers, as there is no ink that gets absorbed into the paper.
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if your doing 1000 of the same thing every month, its probably cheaper to go to a commercial printer and get it printed. Most commercial production laser printers are 600dpi, and this is enough (i fix them). There are many other factors including processing, calibration, colour gamut, toner type, fusing etc that will determine an accurate end result. I would put a testament to Canon, hp and xerox lower end consumer models producing a good print when set up correctly.

Now a laser printer isnt going to give great photo prints like an inkjet does on photo paper, but they do print a lot better on plain papers, as there is no ink that gets absorbed into the paper.
 
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