HP
This manufacturer’s range of printers will typically give you the blackest artwork by changing the settings to:
Paper to ‘Photo Paper Matte’ or ‘Other Speciality Papers’ Quality to ‘Best’
and Ink to ‘Black and White’.
Ink Jet |
| Black |
Model | Optimal Print Setting | Rating |
Officejet K80 | OHP Premium Inkjet transparency film / Normal / |
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| B&W / Increase Ink |
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Deskjet F380 | Photo paper matte / Black ink only |
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Deskjet 840c | Other transparency films / Normal / Black cartridge |
|
| only |
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PSC 1115 | Transparency / Best / Black cartridge only |
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PSC 1215 | Plain paper / Normal quality |
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PSC 1410 | Other brochure paper / Normal / Black cartridge only |
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PSC 2110 | Paper / Best / B&W |
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PSC 2115 | Paper / Best / B&W |
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2179 | Other Speciality Papers / Best / B&W |
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2360 | Photo Paper Matte / Black ink only |
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3180 | HP Transparency / Ink density to maximum / |
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| Greyscale |
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4200 | HP Transparency / Best / Black and White / Increase |
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| Ink |
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Officejet 5510 | HP Photo Paper Matte / Normal / Black and White |
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Lexmark
This manufacturer’s range of printers will typically give you the blackest artwork by changing the settings to:
Paper to ‘Photo Matte Paper or Cardstock’ Quality to ‘Normal’
and Ink to ‘Black and White’.
Ink Jet |
| Black |
Model | Optimal print setting | Rating |
Z617
Cardstock / Normal
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