Toner for laser printers

Mark B

Hi all,

Tell me, has it always been the way that monochrome laser printers will only
have available BLACK toner?

It occurred to me that I might like to print - say - royal blue text on
pre-printed stationery - has this kind of colour choice ever been available?

(Yes, I could certainly print royal blue via my expensive colour laser
printer, but since I might only want to print blue, why not just stick a
blue toner cart in a Laserjet 5Si for fast mass mailings, for example!)

Could be a market for multicoloured toners!

Mark

Tony

"Mark B" <.au> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Tell me, has it always been the way that monochrome laser printers will only
>have available BLACK toner?
>
>It occurred to me that I might like to print - say - royal blue text on
>pre-printed stationery - has this kind of colour choice ever been available?
>
>(Yes, I could certainly print royal blue via my expensive colour laser
>printer, but since I might only want to print blue, why not just stick a
>blue toner cart in a Laserjet 5Si for fast mass mailings, for example!)
>
>Could be a market for multicoloured toners!
>
>Mark

Mark
Interestingly I have a customer who has used Black toner in a colour cartridge
in a very old Colour Laserjet 5 (not a 5si), he reports reasonable results. The
problem is that there is a different chemical makeup between black and colour
toners. Also this option is not available, so far as I know, off the shelf. It
would involve refilling toner cartridges.
If you ever decide to experiment please let us know how you get on.
Tony