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Newbie here! I am a graphic designer specializing in custom wedding invitation design. This year I have picked-up a few clients who want a unique, custom design, but cannot afford the price of process printing. To make the project work, I would like to print digitally on a color laser printer. I currently have an Oki C3500 that I thought would do the trick, and has done OK when printing in black or really dark colors, but the colored text has diagonal lines that pass through it...the quality is just not up to par. Am I doing something wrong in the printer settings that are making the text print this way or is there a better printer out there for the job? I want the printed result to be as close to lithograph quality as possible....but with the ease of digital printing from Illustrator.

A couple of options that I have read some about are:
Oki C5300
Dell 3110cn
Phaser6180

I like the price range of these, but am I going to have better luck going with a higher end printer? I am tired of buying printers and really want to make the best purchase possible that is going to stick with me for a while.

Also, on a side note, for such purpose do you all recommend using Illustrator or InDesign?



Much Thanks!
Amy