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I know this is a really dumb question ...
For a few years now we've had a really cool professional color laser printer. It is amazingly fast & will make thousands of prints before the toner needs replacing - although it does cost a mint when you do have to buy toner!
The thing is roughly the size of a VW bus, and weighs more than my school-aged child. We also have a scanner we use frequently. I'm thinking of getting a machine that will scan and print, and be much smaller. It has come up a few times where we wanted to print on special paper or something, which you can't do in a laser printer.
I'm thinking of getting an inkjet, even though my blood nearly curdles at the thought of it. I remember sending things to print before bed because it would take all night ... slow, slow.
The reason we have this thing is that I used to do all the printing & design for a small business, no longer necessary. If I do switch to inkjet, can I assume it doesn't matter for submissions? Laser ink doesn't run when it gets damp, but honestly, unless an agent is using my manu for a coffee coaster or a bagel napkin, does this make any difference? (if they are doing that, I can probably safely assume it has been rejected ...)
Does it matter for the writing I'm doing? When I finish this manuscript & get it ready for subbing & have to print a gazillion copies, am I going to be sorry? Or should I just take it to a copy machine anyway? I'm so spoiled to printing color copies for a few cents per page that I don't know if I can go back to paying through the nose for it!
Urgh, so neurotic ....
wee
For a few years now we've had a really cool professional color laser printer. It is amazingly fast & will make thousands of prints before the toner needs replacing - although it does cost a mint when you do have to buy toner!
The thing is roughly the size of a VW bus, and weighs more than my school-aged child. We also have a scanner we use frequently. I'm thinking of getting a machine that will scan and print, and be much smaller. It has come up a few times where we wanted to print on special paper or something, which you can't do in a laser printer.
I'm thinking of getting an inkjet, even though my blood nearly curdles at the thought of it. I remember sending things to print before bed because it would take all night ... slow, slow.
The reason we have this thing is that I used to do all the printing & design for a small business, no longer necessary. If I do switch to inkjet, can I assume it doesn't matter for submissions? Laser ink doesn't run when it gets damp, but honestly, unless an agent is using my manu for a coffee coaster or a bagel napkin, does this make any difference? (if they are doing that, I can probably safely assume it has been rejected ...)
Does it matter for the writing I'm doing? When I finish this manuscript & get it ready for subbing & have to print a gazillion copies, am I going to be sorry? Or should I just take it to a copy machine anyway? I'm so spoiled to printing color copies for a few cents per page that I don't know if I can go back to paying through the nose for it!
Urgh, so neurotic ....
wee