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More info?)
mbailey wrote:
>>I had a Canon i850, and currently use an HP 6540. A friend has a Canon
>>iP3000 now and an i550 before that, and we've compared ink usage of all
>>four over several months. The Canon is actually slightly MORE expensive
>>for colour pages, but a tad cheaper for black text, compared to my HP
>>6540. This is using OEM inks only, of course.
>
>Noticed that you own an HP 6540.... Just purchased this for my office
>after good reviews. However, I'm VERY disappointed in the black text,
>which predominantly what we use....somewhat blurry/fuzzy...certanly
>not sharp & crisp as other HP's I've had.
Something is wrong then, perhaps an alignment issue, because the text I
print is sharper than the Canon printers I've seen, and much darker
black too. It's better than my old HP 6xx series too.
Comparing the HP 6540 to a laser is a lot closer than the Canons. I
thought I had somehow grabbed the wrong page the first time I put two
pages side-by-side and compared the output - the HP is that much darker
and sharper.
I find the Canon black ink bleeds too much into the paper, while the HP
black ink is much better.
>Just curious what your opinion is on this printer. That Fast Draft is
>certainly fast...but poor quality. Changing to other settings is
>certainly not as convenient as I thought....what is your default
>setting?
I use "draft" for larger amounts of text printing, and it's very sharp
and crisp. It's almost as dark as the default setting, easily a match
for the three Canon's I've seen.
Try doing another automatic alignment. Or perhaps try a manual alignment
from the Toolbox or printer driver.