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I use laser on transparencies only, never did toner transfer, and when I
made inkjet transparencies always used black ink with stock windows drivers.
With that setup, using positive boards, I always obtained better results
with laser. One advantage with laser is you do not have to worrie about what
kind of transparencies to buy, as it works with many, opposed to inkjet they
need special ones, and they also need time to cure.

As there are virtually tons of diferent models of printers (laser and
inkjet) I assume very different results can also be obtained with diferent
setups. I always used an HP Laserjet 1010 for laser and some HP and Epson
for inkjet. I used APLI transparencies for inkjet (thats what I can get in
local stores).

After printing with both systems, inkjet looks darker and deeper (looks more
consistent) than laser. But when all process is finished you discover laser
made a better job blockin UV light.

Some of you >> I don't use Laser but what I have hear is that you can have
shrinkage due
> to
>> the heat of the Laser Printing.
>
> Paper has moisture in it, so it dries out when run through the fuser. The
> trick is to run it through a couple of times, then print on it.
>
> Tony
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