I found printing my CV out a pain with my deskjet printer because it often smudged letters. The annoying thing was that, when it happened, it was usually only 1 or 2 letters. However, that's enough to ruin a CV.

As it was only 1 or 2 letters I knew it wasn't the printer cartridge. If it needed cleaning, or was low on ink, more than than 1 letter would have been affected.

A quick bit of research online shows that it was a known issue with deskjet (aka inkjet or bubble jet) printers. I found a cheap laser printer was on offer by several shops so I went to town and bought one. I tested it last night and it's a major improvement.

I'll probably use the deskjet to print out job adverts as replacement toners cost almost as much as the printer itself.

Tags: bubble jet, cv, deskjet, inkjet, laser, printer, printer cartridge, smudge
Current Mood: pleased