Re: Canon double-sided printing problems (grey text)



Taliesyn wrote:
igfg wrote:
Hi there,
I have just bought a Canon ip4300. Seems wonderful, except for one problem: when I print double sided (through the driver option), the text comes out greyer and dithered. On both sides. It seems like a "draft" kind of printing. It might not be noticed at first, but it's very noticeable if you closely compare one page printed with the double-sided option activated with one page printed without the option.

In order to avoid that, I have to also set paper = "double-sided photo paper", and then it prints correctly but in very slow mode (photo mode...) and take ages.

I tried zillions of settings but I could not solve this satisfactorily.

Anybody else has a Canon ip4300 or similar printer? Do you have the same problem?

Thanks


Yes, in double sided printing the driver mixes the three dye colours and
maybe a bit of pigment to give you this grey feathered looking text.
Being a picky printer I don't find this acceptable. Also, it takes twice
as long to print anything using this stupid double-sided printing in the
first place because the machine fiddles with the papers going in and
out. To avoid this stupidity I simply print the even numbered pages of
my booklets, then flip the bunch over and print the odd numbered pages.
I print in half the time and my pages are in pure pigment black and
there is no show through to speak of that would worry anyone. Works
perfectly!

-Taliesyn

It is best to use the duplex mode. It works all of the time. Do not listen to hacker kids. Now let say you have a webpage that you want to print. It may take more than 2 or 3 printed pages. Just put it on duplex mode in the driver and the webpage will print on the front and then on the flip side until all of the information is printed. Just go have a cup of coffee and come back and the job is done or do something else. It really does not take that long. You also can adjust the dry time so the printing takes place faster.
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