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From: JAJZ801@CALSTATE.BITNET (Jeff Sicherman,CSU Long Beach)
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Subject: Color printing on Laserjet II
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Date: 7 Oct 89 22:06:52 GMT
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  Yes, that's what I mean (in the header).

  Could somebody tell me if the following is practical:

  We would like to produce colored output on our Laser printer (Laserjet II)
without the expense of a Color printer at this time (still too rich at $10k).
Output would include paper and tranparencies, though the immediate need is
for tranparencies.

  I thought perhaps that since it is possible to get different color cartridges
for the LJII (have seen black and blue inks advertised) that there might also
be other colors from *some* source, expecting a hefty price though.

  To produce the color output, we would separate the output into color planes
and print each plane separately, running the paper/vellum through the printer
once for each color and changing cartridges between plane-runs. Note that we
do not have fancy artisitic goals for this: no shading, color mixing to
produce hues, etc.; just overlaying different color areas and lines onto
charts. We would batch the runs to maximize number of sheets per use of a
cartridge.

  Is there any reason(s) why this wouldnt work: colors not available, cant
pass the media through multiple times, etc ?

  Also, if anyone knows of a source for such colors, particularly RED and
a brighter, lighter BLUE than is used for typical printing, I would appreciate
being directed to them.

  Please reply to me and the list: I sometimes do not get reliable delivery
of messages from the group.

  Thanks for any insight/guidance.

  Jeff Sicherman
  jajz801@calstate.bitnet