Hi -
I need to purchase a printer for my home studio. As a print designer I tend to use them mostly for mono printing of page layouts to get a feel for text and image sizes and placement whilst designing. I rarely print colour.
I also use them to print out mock ups of packaging and identity designs too... letterheads, business cards etc before photographing them and adding colour where needed in PS afterwards.
For that reason I'd like a printer that produces quality text results that mimic as close as possible the characteristics of litho printing when photographed close up using a Macro lens.
Do you think I should go for a laser printer (sharper details but a slightly glossier ink that sits on top of the page), or an inkjet printer (slightly fuzzier details but a softer ink that sits in the page)?
What will look more realistic and more representative of litho results?
ps: I almost always print on a matt stock
I need to purchase a printer for my home studio. As a print designer I tend to use them mostly for mono printing of page layouts to get a feel for text and image sizes and placement whilst designing. I rarely print colour.
I also use them to print out mock ups of packaging and identity designs too... letterheads, business cards etc before photographing them and adding colour where needed in PS afterwards.
For that reason I'd like a printer that produces quality text results that mimic as close as possible the characteristics of litho printing when photographed close up using a Macro lens.
Do you think I should go for a laser printer (sharper details but a slightly glossier ink that sits on top of the page), or an inkjet printer (slightly fuzzier details but a softer ink that sits in the page)?
What will look more realistic and more representative of litho results?
ps: I almost always print on a matt stock