- Compare with Ink-jet printer
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Ink-jet printer |
Laser printer |
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Need ink |
No need ink or other consumable material |
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High cost in ink |
No cost for printing |
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Need to clean regularly |
No need clean or other maintenance |
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Easy block |
Never block. When power on can print anytime. |
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Short use-life |
Long use-life, 100,000 hours. |
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When the ink is not dry, printing is easy to wipe off |
Printing is not easy to wipe off |
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High maintenance failure rate |
Very low maintenance failure rate |
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Can print with different color |
Laser color is decided by reaction between laser and pipe material. Usually, printing on PVC pipe, color is dark grey; printing on black HDPE pipe, color is white grey. Printing is very clear. |
- Compare with ribbon tape printer
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Ribbon tape printer |
Laser printer |
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Need ribbon tape |
No need any consumable material, save cost |
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Printing quality rely on ribbon tape and word block |
Consistently same printing |
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Different printing content need to change word block |
Can type different printing content into the system and print directly |
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Can only print one font and size |
Can change printing word font and size from the system |
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Deep printing, damage pipe surface |
Shallow printing, not damage pipe surface and not affect pipe quality |
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Bad printing quality, some word without ribbon tape |
Every printing word same color and clear printing |
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Can print with different color |
Laser color is decided by reaction between laser and pipe material. Usually, printing on PVC pipe, color is dark grey; printing on black HDPE pipe, color is white grey. Printing is very clear. |
