Microtek Europe Homepage, Education and Tips. Ink jet and desk jet colour printers Can produce colour or grayscale images that range in quality from coarse to medium. These printers can print 256 shades of colour or grey, but colours don't register as well, and images usually end up slightly coarse or washed out. Use these printers for small quantities of colour images or for proofs of images that will be printed later on a printing press. Use these printers to print colour images with continuous tone for small print jobs or for proofs of large printer jobs that will be done later on an imagesetter.
Printing presses Can produce work of high quality.
With these printers, you can scan your images and then send the files to a service bureau or printing company that can print high-quality text and grayscale images.