Hands-On Review and Videos: OKI’s C941dn Multimedia Color Printer – Pushing the Envelope of Image Quality with White and Clear Toner

• Clear toner makes prints more durable and appear more professional and vibrant – similar to results produced when printing on photo paper. Clear toner can be selectively applied and is always printed on top of the CYMK toners and white toner.
• White toner can also by printed under color toners, which makes colors pop, especially when printing on transparent films.
• White text and graphics can be used to print on dark-colored media, as opposed to printing a dark background on white or light-colored media –
  • This saves significant amounts of toner versus printing a color background on white- or light-colored media.
  • Since colored substrates have edge-to-edge color, there’s no need to trim the white border around prints on white-or light-colored media.
  • There is faster job turnaround and less waste because no trimming is required ,and post-processing procedures such as folding and insertion utilize standard media sizes.
  • Colored stock has nearly zero color drift, and doesn’t tax the printer as much as printing a heavy background color on white- or light-colored media.

Changing Spot-Color Units

As noted, the C941dn has five developing modules that hold cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and either white or clear developing units. As seen in the following video, the process of changing them is easy enough, but should be performed by an individual with proven technical skills: