Another scumbag copying my site.

[The Medway Handyman]

See 'Scumbag update' post first.

The copying. Wouldn't worry me if half a dozen handymen strated up in the area.

True enough - I'd feel sorry for him being in Birmingham :-)

Not the threat - doesn't exist, just the theft.

True enough. Anyone any good at marketing doen't have to steal word for word. I admit I got lots of information & several good ideas from other handyman sites in the UK & USA - but I didn't copy & paste them word for word - I re wrote them entirely so they reflected my personal style.

[Doki]

And assuming he doesn't plead poverty, and is allowed to pay you back at a rate of £5 a week for the rest of time. And then doesn't bother giving you any fivers.

[nightjar]

I can produce you copies of anything I have, or have not, been using for years, but I have very few invoices for them. Generally I only have things I will use in the thousands every year pre-printed, which effectively means the terms and conditions on the back of an invoice form and a leaflet I put in with them. Desktop publishing is the order of the day for everything else. It is far more flexible and can be a good advert for the goods I sell - last year's Christmas cards were produced on my own brand photo paper, using the compatible ink cartridges we sell, for example.

Colin Bignell

[nightjar]

That is my view too.

Colin Bignell

[Owain]

nightjar last year's Christmas cards were produced on my own brand photo

I want to make my own christmas cards but I find it impossible to get the right sort of card for a colour *laser* printer. Any suggestions?

Owain

[dennis]

Well that would depend on what you thought was the right sort of card. Last year we made them using stuff from Staples but it wasn't glossy if that's what you mean.

[dennis]

"nightjar .me.uk>"

I could probably prove prior art on almost anything electronic having written some test software a few years back that generated pseudorandom patterns so I am bound to have done every pattern possible up to a few hundred bytes and probably more in the 10 years it was running. ;-) So if anyone tries to get me for copyright on anything electronically published they are going to have to pay me for the trouble.

[nightjar]

We do sell photo papers that are made specifically for laser printers.

and the heavier weight is similar to the weight used for cards. However, you might find lightweight smooth Bristol Board, available from art shops, a better material. Photo paper is optimised for printing on one side only while Bristol Board has two good faces. When I did our cards I used an Epson Photo 1290 inkjet printer on 260gsm gloss photo paper, but had to fit an insert to take the text on the inside.

I prefer six or more colour inkjets for printing photos. They give a much better result than laser printers, but I would buy a good second hand one, rather than a new one. The new ones are cheap, but cartridge capacities are generally smaller and the older models are more likely to have cheap compatible cartridges or ink refill kits (depending upon make) available for them.

Colin Bignell

[Owain]

The sort that goes through the printer and the toner will stick to it. Ideally it would say on the packet "designed for colour laser printers".

Lasers don't work on glossy. This is the problem. All the inkjet stuff is glossy/coated, and the toner falls off. I also worry that some of the glossy/toner is falling off inside the printer.

Owain

[Owain]

nightjar >I want to make my own christmas cards but I find it impossible to get the

Will have a look at that URL when online next - ta.

I know, but I hardly ever print photos and the laser is much better for me for general purpose printing.

Owain

[dennis]

Almost anything that isn't coated for inkjets works in lasers as the toner is plastic and is melted onto the "paper".

You can get glossy paper that isn't coated with stuff that falls off and then a laser will work on it fine. Some of the toner always falls off in the printer BTW.. its how they work.

[Owain]

I meant to say, worry that some of the glossy/coating is falling off and sticking to my drum. I once put the wrong sort of transparency through a photocopier...

Owain

[dennis]

It would have melted onto the fuser then? The fuser has to be quite hot to melt the toner.

[Andy Dingley]

We've read its output.