mini printer for printing gel images to insert into lab book - (Nov/27/2012 )
mdfenko on Tue Nov 27 17:15:36 2012 said:
unless the thermal printer is integral with the image capture device (camera) then any type of printer can be substituted. when the printing occurs is not a function of the printer but, rather, of the imaging device.
I guess I confused it with out old system which had no computer but a CCD camera connected to the video grabber card...with USB it's different then of course...
The fading I also can observe but I always thought it's related to exposure to light, as the ones not in my lab journal but flying around on the desk are much more faded and yellowish (it's one of these Mitsubishi thermal printers).
-hobglobin-
hobglobin on Wed Nov 28 16:03:39 2012 said:
I guess I confused it with out old system which had no computer but a CCD camera connected to the video grabber card...with USB it's different then of course...
not so different. the video grabber cards connected to the printer with either a parallel or serial connector. you could just as easily attach an epson or okidata (or other) dot matrix impact printer (may require some software tweaking but might not, epson printer language was pretty standard).
The fading I also can observe but I always thought it's related to exposure to light, as the ones not in my lab journal but flying around on the desk are much more faded and yellowish (it's one of these Mitsubishi thermal printers).
light and heat do cause fading and background darkening. i've seen images on taped sections of thermal prints disappear and the paper not darken in that area. maybe there is a reaction of the paper's coating with the glue of the tape?
-mdfenko-
mdfenko on Wed Nov 28 14:50:14 2012 said:
is the printer "thermal" or "thermal transfer"?
I have no idea. It's described everywhere as "thermal printer" nothing else.
-Trof-
Trof on Fri Nov 30 00:04:04 2012 said:
I have no idea. It's described everywhere as "thermal printer" nothing else.
is the paper heat sensitive? if so then it is a "thermal" printer.
-mdfenko-
I would like to have one printer like this. Well I have bought this printer https://productz.com/en/canon-selphy-cp1300/p/aMJd4 last week and I dont like it now. If anyone can tell me the reference for buying this then please let me know.
-Kelvin69-