I've read in several places that users have purchased a glass plate to use in this printer. What is the purpose in using one?
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Using a 3/16" Heat-Resistant Borosilicate Glass plate (I didn't find it on Amazon, but if you look on www.thingiverse.com/thing:278540 there is a link to McMaster) that gives you a nice flat build surface that won't warp and is easy to maintain. With the kaptan tape, you can damage the tape when trying to remove prints, but the glass plate itself is removable, and usually when the part cools it pops right off. Using a little hair spray on the glass also helps the part stick in place and be easier to remove. You want to make sure you use the borosilicate glass, as regular glass will not handle the heat well. For $20, it's a great and inexpensive addition.
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I believe that a glass plate helps print PLA material better then a hot plate would.
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Using a 3/16" Heat-Resistant Borosilicate Glass plate (I didn't find it on Amazon, but if you look on www.thingiverse.com/thing:278540 there is a link to McMaster) that gives you a nice flat build surface that won't warp and is easy to maintain. With the kaptan tape, you can damage the tape when trying to remove prints, but the glass plate itself is removable, and usually when the part cools it pops right off. Using a little hair spray on the glass also helps the part stick in place and be easier to remove. You want to make sure you use the borosilicate glass, as regular glass will not handle the heat well. For $20, it's a great and inexpensive addition. Using a 3/16" Heat-Resistant Borosilicate Glass plate (I didn't find it on Amazon, but if you look on www.thingiverse.com/thing:278540 there is a link to McMaster) that gives you a nice flat build surface that won't warp and is easy to maintain. With the kaptan tape, you can damage the tape when trying to remove prints, but the glass plate itself is removable, and usually when the part cools it pops right off. Using a little hair spray on the glass also helps the part stick in place and be easier to remove. You want to make sure you use the borosilicate glass, as regular glass will not... » Read More Using a 3/16" Heat-Resistant Borosilicate Glass plate (I didn't find it on Amazon, but if you look on www.thingiverse.com/thing:278540 there is a link to McMaster) that gives you a nice flat build surface that won't warp and is easy to maintain. With the kaptan tape, you can damage the tape when trying to remove prints, but the glass plate itself is removable, and usually when the part cools it pops right off. Using a little hair spray on the glass also helps the part stick in place and be easier to remove. You want to make sure you use the borosilicate glass, as regular glass will not handle the heat well. For $20, it's a great and inexpensive addition. « Show Less
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I have used the glass plate. The reason is to create a surface for the material to stick to. When using PLA I use Aqua Net hairspray and I use Elmers Glue stick for ABS/Nylon. The build plate on this machine has the screw heads on it, so have to cover with Kapton tape or Blue painters tape, both are a PITA to change. The glass plate is removable from the machine easily using clips on the edges to hold it down. I personally use 1/8 phenolic to print on. It is flexible so when the part is done printing I can take it off and flex the plate and my print pops right off.I am now up to 1500 working hours on my machine with never an issue. I have used the glass plate. The reason is to create a surface for the material to stick to. When using PLA I use Aqua Net hairspray and I use Elmers Glue stick for ABS/Nylon. The build plate on this machine has the screw heads on it, so have to cover with Kapton tape or Blue painters tape, both are a PITA to change. The glass plate is removable from the machine easily using clips on the edges to hold it down. I personally use 1/8 phenolic to print on. It is flexible so when the part is done printing I can take it off and flex the plate and my print pops right off.I am now up to... » Read More I have used the glass plate. The reason is to create a surface for the material to stick to. When using PLA I use Aqua Net hairspray and I use Elmers Glue stick for ABS/Nylon. The build plate on this machine has the screw heads on it, so have to cover with Kapton tape or Blue painters tape, both are a PITA to change. The glass plate is removable from the machine easily using clips on the edges to hold it down. I personally use 1/8 phenolic to print on. It is flexible so when the part is done printing I can take it off and flex the plate and my print pops right off.I am now up to 1500 working hours on my machine with never an issue. « Show Less
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I no longer have that printer, but the successor to it, which is very similar. If it has a scanner (which it says it does) there is nothing else you need outside of the printer itself. No other equipment. The manual should tell you how to do it. And if you are without that, you should be able to look it up on Google. If you lay your document on the glass and scan it, it will be in a file on your computer. Hope that helps.
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It's primary use is for embossing or cutting materials using purchased dies. It's possible to ink an embossing folder and thereafter print and emboss the image at the same time. Check out YouTube or do an internet search for how this machine is used in order to determine if you can use in the way you intend. There are videos on YouTube showing letterpress plates used with this machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8jGyFgAe0o
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The printer has a built in densitometer, so creating profiles for a new paper type is just a matter of a few mouse-clicks and waiting 20 minutes or so. You can buy non-HP inks from several sources, and they work pretty well, but I do gallery-quality prints that sell for &gt;$1000, so for me at least, skimping on ink would be foolish. (Note that, depending on how much printing you're doing, you may elect to buy smaller, 130ml ink cartridges rather than the 300 ml cartridges that are standard.)
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Both of those machines are not ones you can use on skin. The plate with the holes is for your ink cups. Power Supply is good but the foot pedal is on/off only. So look into a different gun. But everything else is there. And the ink is not good at all do not put that in your skin.
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I think this is a ploy to force customers to buy color cartridges even if you are only printing in black & white. There's no solution that I know of except to buy store brand ink cartridges. I still don't understand why you need cartridges in the printer in order to scan and fax - that still has me stumped, but I think it's a design flaw.
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Not really... I had issues writing because that glass breaker would rip the page as I wrote. I solved it by adding a small ball of paper to the plastic cap of the ink cartridge. You can always take a rotary tool with a sanding drum attachment to it and sand it down :p
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No, the printer needs special sheets of thermal paper, which Brother also sells. The main benefit is there is no need to use any ink cartridges.
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this is an important question to have answered since many of the printers out there aren't supported and have made older models obsolete with Windows 8 (that's why I'm in the market for a new printer now).
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I'm not sure what the question is. The whole cartridge is inserted in it's appropriate place within the printer. I hope this was helpful.
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The plate is removable on mine, but you are asked how you want to use it and where when you order it. Mine works great and I use it on the foil stickers so I can place them wherever I want to. I ordered it telling them I wanted to emboss the back of an envelope.You can also order other plates for library,etc to use in the embosser or another address if you move.
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Hello mgreber, your printer doesn't require the gray cartridge (example of a printer that uses the grey cartridge Pixima MG6320). The main purpose of the grey cartridge is to give Black and White photos and even color photos, a more professional appearance. Hope this helps.
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Its a simple printer. I myself do not use any of the functions beyond the basic printing. The only issue I needed to deal with is that it needs is when used as a network printer, it needs to have its IP address fixed so the computer knows who to talk to when it is sent a print job.
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My printer said the same thing. I was able to force it to print anyway. I think it is something the printer manufacturer has on their cartridges that isn't on these making the printer not like them. THey are trying to force you to buy the expensive ones.
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It is needed in order to print on CD's or DVD's. Place the disc in the tray and insert tray in printer.
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I use Paperport which came with the printer. It works great, and it is easy to use.
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I don't think anyone can answer this for you. What do you intend to do with the printer. Do you want multifunction? Will you be printing a few sheets or a great many? Will you be printing a lot of photos?, etc. Decide what you want the printer to do, read the reviews of the many printers on Amazon. If you narrow your choices to a few, maybe someone can help you decide which of them is the best value.