Do ink jet printers print good on vellum paper?
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It depends on the type of ink used.  HP usually uses ink that is oil-based and takes a while to dry (sometimes it never dries completely).  Epson usually uses alcohol-based inks which work well with velum and glossy papers.
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No.  If you try to put glossy paper through a laser printer, the printer will either melt the paper or else the toner will smear on the paper.  Laser printers fuse the toner to the paper during the printing process, and this involves a lot more heat than normal printing (which is why the paper is hot when it first comes out of a laser printer).  That heat might melt the paper, which in turn could damage the printer itself.
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I am not fond of Lightscribe as many users have stated, a bit expensive on the drive and also the media is quite expensive.\n\nI have a regular burner (cheap) and I have a printer that allows you to feed inkjet printable DVD's to print any picture on the DVD.  It looks very good.\n\nEpson and HP.  All you have to do is make sure you get the inkjet printable media.  They are very cheap on the web and good quality also.  Stick with Ritek for the single layers.\n\nYou can also download covers so you don't have to scan them yourself.\n\nhttp://www.cdcovers.cc/\n\nThey really look great and I create cover art for a lot of my home movies and people think I got those printed by some expensive production house.
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Probably not.   When you look in the manual, you will see that it specifies that 4 X 6 can be printed in a borderless fashion, using the special photo tray.  But larger paper does not fit in the special tray that does borderless printing.   Without the special tray, you can't print on the front edge of the paper because of the "grabber".   The ink printing head also does not travel to the full width of the paper, so you can't go borderless on both edges either.  \n\nYou can pick a more standard size, like 8 X 10", but plan your printing to center that on the A4 paper.  Otherwise, pick a non-standard trim size and plan on trimming of the edges.\n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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When I used one I did this a few times. It not hard, but, can be messy. I have heard of clogging, I never had that problem. Now with Scanners and all, I have not used an Ink Jet in 8 years. I have an old Dot Matrix I use for letters and research papers, got it about 12 years ago and it still using the original ribbon. I did buy 2 extra ribbons as I assume one day will not be able to get them. But, for black/white, it very cheap to operate.
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HP sells a DeskJet 450 Mobile printer.  It fits into most laptop carrying bags.  The street price is dirt cheap.  However, if you want to print alot of pages, choose a LaserJet 1320.  It is higher quality, but to large to be portable.
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Be careful here.  You're talking about a glossy paper.  This is different from standard papers.  \n\nLaser printers use a heated roller (fuser) to fuse the toner to the paper.\n\nThis is where glossy paper for an inkjet printer can be a problem. The fuser can melt the glossy film.  Some types seems to survive, but it's not a garauntee. \n\nGoing the other way around, printing from an inkjet printer on to glossy paper for a laser printer may or may not work.  The material used to make the surface of the paper glossy may not allow the ink to absorb into a layer and "stick", so to speak.\n\nYes, sometimes it works for one type of paper to be used in another type of printer, just be careful and understand that it may cause problems.
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Your wife's right. And not right too. \n\n==========\nbackgournd \n\nInkjets work by squirting ink through very very small holes in a print head. Canon and HP and several others do that by heating the ink in a chamber just behind the hole, which 'boils' a small bit of it creating a bubble, increasing the pressure and forcing out a microdrop of ink. Epson has done it a different way, with piezoelectric pulsing of the chamber behind the tiny hole. \n\n==========\npossible failure modes\n\nThe holes are relatively easily clogged, so the fineness and uniformity of the particles in it (dyes and such) are important. So is reasonable behavior when partially dried out (not being used for two weeks during a vacation, say) and when heated or subjected to considerable pressure. Hence the cleaning cycles built into many printers (see your owner's manual for some vague and normally not very intelligible instructions).\n\nInks made by a knock off artist in some backroom counterfeit lab somewhere aren't likely to have uniformly ground particles, nor probably the required witches' brew of chemicals to behave well under stress. On the other hand, some third party ink producer might indeed take sufficient care to get it right for a particular type of printer / cartridge / etc. The problem in practice to how to distinguish amongst them. \n\n========\nexperimental test\n\nSome printers have the 'print head' built into the cartridge. You get a new set of teeny tiny holes with every cartridge. With other printers, the print head is in the printer and the cartridge carries only ink. Obviously, in the latter case, a poorly made ink can be rather more expensive. \n\nI had a long policy of buying only print head type cartridge printers for exactly this reason. And I was willing to experiment with cartridges and ink from apparently trustworthy vendors because important parts of the printer wouldn't be at risk. I cannot suggest the at home refill policy unless you can do it wearing latex gloves over a slop sink. A couple of cubic centimeters of ink can go a very very long way; you don't want to find out, but the refill kit I used did work, and the cartridges could be refilled three times at least. The very cheapest way to feed the ink monster that I discovered. Not counting the ink spilled on just about everytihint that one time... But, with printers costing less than US$100 nowadays, the cost of an experiemnt gone bad is limited, except for the time and trouble of replacing the printer damaged by the bad ink. \n\n=========\nDRM measures\n\nSome printer vendors have attempted to force their users to do the right thing (ie, buy their expensive ink -- fo rtheir own quality printing good, of course) by including in their printer measures which try to detect improper cartridges and punish the user by locking the printer to some lower performance level or some other punishment. I heard of a printer which self-destructed under when it detected fake ink cartridges., but never managed to figure out which one it was. You many find that your printer won't print any better than some draft quality if you use a third party cartridge. \n\n============\nalternatives\n\nWith the street price of laser printers below US$150 for low end black and white, and under US$350 for low end color (shop around, at least in the US and you'll find them), there are lots of reasons to avoid inkjets, and their expensive thirst for those .cartridges. Unless, of course you need photographic quality with special archival inks, in which case you might have to use an inkjet.
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First you need to decide what you want from the printer and then ask!\n\nThere are printers good in one area and others good in another.\n\nIf you print in BW - > laser printer\n\nProfessional color - > Dye Sublimation\n\nHigh volume color - > color laser\n\nFor Home use - > ink jet\n\nThen the question is how many pages per month you print\n\n-> Choose printer class\n\nAnd final is to check different brands and consumables price\n\nI hope it will help to you and others.
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Impact Printers  \nWith this type of printer something strikes paper & ribbon together to form a character, like a typewriter.  \nAdvantages: Less expensive \nFast (some types) \nCan make multiple copies with multipart paper \nDisadvantages:   Noisy! \nPrint quality lower in some types. \nPoor graphics or none at all. \n\nTypes of Impact Printers\nDot Matrix   Forms characters using row(s) of pins, 9, 18, or 24 which impact the ribbon on top of the paper. Also called pin printers.\nThe more pins, the smoother-looking the characters.\n\nMost dot matrix printers have the characteristics below:\n\nA dot-matrix y & an enlargement\n \n Bi-directional - prints left to right and also right to left \nTractor feed -  uses sprockets to pull continuous-feed paper \nFriction feed - uses pressure to pull single sheets \nAdvantages:  Inexpensive \nCan do multi-copy forms \nDisadvantages:  Can be slow \nLoud\nGraphics of low quality, if possible at all.\n\nDaisy Wheel   Characters are fully formed on the "petals", like typewriter keys.  \n Advantages:  Best print quality \nDisadvantages:  Very slow - 20 to 80 cps \nOnly one font can be used at a time because you must change out the Daisy Wheel to change fonts.\n\nCannot print graphics.\n \n Chain and Band Printers   Uses characters on a band or chain that is moved into place before striking the characters onto the paper. \nAdvantages:  Very fast\n   up to 3000 lpm (lines per minute) \nDisadvantages:  Very expensive \nVery loud \n \nNon-Impact Printers  \nThis type of printer does not involve actually striking the paper. Instead, it uses ink spray or toner powder.  \n\nAdvantages: Quiet! \nCan handle graphics and often a wider variety of fonts than impact printers. \nDisadvantages:   More expensive \nSlower \n\nTypes of Non-Impact Printers\nInk Jet     Sprays ink onto paper to form characters \nAdvantages:  Quiet\nHigh quality text and graphics. Some can do color. \nDisadvantages:  Cannot use multiple-copy paper \nInk can smear \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n  \nThermal    Uses heat on chemically treated paper to form characters. Fax machines that use rolls of paper are also of this type. \nAdvantages:  Quiet \nDisadvantages:  Relatively slow \nExpensive, requiring special paper\nCannot use multiple-copy paper \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nPage Printer    Works like a copy machine, using toner and a heat bar. Laser printers are in this category. \nAdvantages:  Quiet\nFaster than other non-impact printers, from 4 to 16 ppm (pages per minute) \nHigh quality print and graphics. Some can do color. \nDisadvantages:  More expensive than impact printers \nCannot use multiple-copy paper
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Hi,You can use the paper in any regular printer.Onlything is youhave to setup the page properly and use a proper software to print.That's it. You can use AcDsee to print or any graphic program
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you can buy special paper that you print onto then iron onto tshirt but they dont last, few washes and they look crap, some print shops have a more industrial version but again they fade, prob only 2 possibilities if its a 1 off, if you want hundreds then get screen printed
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Seems like you can't do it on that printer, I have the same experience too. The new HP printer (after DJ 900 series) feed the paper very quick, while the DJ 900 Series feed the paper slowly, which, can affect the starting point, since they don't have any sensor for the paper feed.\nTry using adobe pagemaker and make your desing slightly bigger than actual print. Hope this help.
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I think...no i m sure.... there is no ink to reink a printer ribbon....i always buy a new ribbon for my printer.
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yes. There is larger initial cost for a laser printer, but it's life span is far greater than that of most ink jet printers. I've learned this the hard way.  I've had numerous ink jet printers that all died on me for one reason or another.  But my HP laser jet has been running strong for the last 5 years!   Laser jets are well worth the more and will save u money in the long run.  I haven't replaced the toner for the printer yet and I've easily printed off thousands of pages.
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I just dont think that is possible as the paper needs to be able to bend.  You might find some kind of machine that stamps rather than prints.  Perhaps Kinko might have some ideas.\nE
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Go to \n\nhttp://dyesubinks.com/index.php?pageto=printers.htm\n\nIt should answer your question.