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Inkjet printing both sides
OpaPiloot wrote:
"David J. Littleboy" wrote: "Terry Pinnell" wrote: Somewhat OT for both groups (I'd appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate one), but I imagine there's some expertise on this subject here. I want to make a birthday card by folding a sheet of the A4 'Super quality photo paper for inkjet printers' that I have at hand, bought from WH Smith. But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. Plain, Matte - Heavy, Photo, Premium Semi Gloss - even Inkjet Transparency! If the ink will stay on a transparent sheet of plastic with that last option, I'm darned if I can see why it won't do so on this stuff? Is it deliberately 'waxed' or something? It's probably deliberate. They want to sell you "double sided photo paper" at outrageous prices. The Japanese fine print on my favorite Epson matte photo paper says (loose translation) "Don't even think about trying to print on the back side". David J. Littleboy Who named his printer "Ink-sucking pig" Tokyo, Japan Nonsense, paper is coated on one side to keep costs down. There is double sided photopaper, e.g. Kodak Picture Pater CAT 807 7448, which is reasonable priced. You can also glue 2 sheets together. Thanks both. I suspect 2 glued sheets would be too hard to fold neatly. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
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Inkjet printing both sides
"Burt" wrote:
"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message .. . Somewhat OT for both groups (I'd appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate one), but I imagine there's some expertise on this subject here. I want to make a birthday card by folding a sheet of the A4 'Super quality photo paper for inkjet printers' that I have at hand, bought from WH Smith. But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. Plain, Matte - Heavy, Photo, Premium Semi Gloss - even Inkjet Transparency! If the ink will stay on a transparent sheet of plastic with that last option, I'm darned if I can see why it won't do so on this stuff? Is it deliberately 'waxed' or something? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK I would guess that the back coating has a function - possibly to keep the paper flat. Coating one side only may cause a different amount of moisture absorption and warp the paper. I've used Epson Glossy Photo paper and printed on both sides successfully. It does have a very faint logo repeat pattern printed on the back side, but no one who has received these cards noticed it at all. I currently use Staples Supreme Double Sided Matte paper for printing two sided cards. Because it is a paper specifically coated for receiving inkjet photo images, it looks quite good and is also a very decent weight and stiffness for cards. Although glossy photo papers print a more vivid photo, this matte paper is a close second best. Thanks for all the replies. I have a fair stock of this glossy paper, but looks like I'm not going to get anything printed on its back. (No laser.) I'll try some of the alternative paper types at a later date, but meanwhile I'm tackling the project on a couple of fronts. 1) Folding the sheet twice, which gets all images onto one side, albeit smaller. Then using all four sections to the maximum. 2) Have glued some plain inkjet paper to back of the glossy, and will try that with the 1-fold design. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
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Inkjet printing both sides
Arthur Entlich wrote:
Some inkjet coatings, and the glossy are more likely, can be a type of plastic that will melt with the heat of a laser printer fuser. Some people have ruined their laser printer's fuser doing this, so beware! I would expect any papers not suited to laser printing to say so on the carton, although perhaps inadequately emphasized as "Use only in inkjet printers" or some such. Obviously, some inkjet paper coatings survive the heat, but you need to be careful. I've never had a problem doing it, but that could be just the luck of the draw on the media. I do have some early HP JetSeries stock that is clearly a plastic base, and that I stuff I never fed to the LaserJet for this very reason. Of course, if the OP doesn't own a laser printer, and buys an old LaserJet cheaply on eBay, then not much is at risk :-) -- Regards, Bob Niland http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider. |
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Inkjet printing both sides (STUPIDITY WARNING!!)
Rita Berkowitz wrote:
rjn wrote: But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. I trick I've used to work around this: If you have access to a laser printer, print the back side on that first, then the color on the photo side. Bob, please stop posting misinformation that can intentionally destroy 99% on the irony meter. -- Ray Fischer |
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Inkjet printing both sides
Terry Pinnell observed
Somewhat OT for both groups (I'd appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate one), but I imagine there's some expertise on this subject here. I want to make a birthday card by folding a sheet of the A4 'Super quality photo paper for inkjet printers' that I have at hand, bought from WH Smith. But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. Plain, Matte - Heavy, Photo, Premium Semi Gloss - even Inkjet Transparency! If the ink will stay on a transparent sheet of plastic with that last option, I'm darned if I can see why it won't do so on this stuff? Is it deliberately 'waxed' or something? My once favourite paper supplier (good deliver, reasonable prices) recently blotted its copybook with me, by moving to the Channel Isles, now the service is like other off shore companies. However I have enjoyed the Think double sided matt paper for some years. My last delivery was at increased price and the thickness (but not the weight) has decreased. However, I still think the following may suit you:- http://www.choicestationery.co.uk/Product.asp?Prd=17342 Mike [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis Some newsgroup contributors appear to have confused the meaning of "discussion" with "digression". |
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Inkjet printing both sides
Terry Pinnell wrote:
Somewhat OT for both groups (I'd appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate one), but I imagine there's some expertise on this subject here. I want to make a birthday card by folding a sheet of the A4 'Super quality photo paper for inkjet printers' that I have at hand, bought from WH Smith. But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. Plain, Matte - Heavy, Photo, Premium Semi Gloss - even Inkjet Transparency! If the ink will stay on a transparent sheet of plastic with that last option, I'm darned if I can see why it won't do so on this stuff? Is it deliberately 'waxed' or something? You don't mention what printer you are using. Some modern inkjet printers are designed so that the ink and paper react chemically, and you NEED to use the recommended papers in order to get the best results. Using paper not designed to be printed on both sides can result in poor results, as you have noted. I can only suggest that you print the side that smears first, and give it some time (several minutes) to dry before printing the other side. This may give acceptable results. |
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Inkjet printing both sides
Paul Furman wrote:
Terry Pinnell wrote: Somewhat OT for both groups (I'd appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate one), but I imagine there's some expertise on this subject here. I want to make a birthday card by folding a sheet of the A4 'Super quality photo paper for inkjet printers' that I have at hand, bought from WH Smith. But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. Plain, Matte - Heavy, Photo, Premium Semi Gloss - even Inkjet Transparency! If the ink will stay on a transparent sheet of plastic with that last option, I'm darned if I can see why it won't do so on this stuff? Is it deliberately 'waxed' or something? Use matte 'watercolor' paper instead. It's really nice stuff and there's no coating to worry about. My wife often prints cards on both sides, and we have found that Kodak 'Semi gloss' paper works well for two sided printing on our HP printers. Other ink formulations may not work as well. Giving one side time to dry before printing the other side is essential when using coated papers! |
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Inkjet printing both sides
Ron Hunter wrote:
Terry Pinnell wrote: Somewhat OT for both groups (I'd appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate one), but I imagine there's some expertise on this subject here. I want to make a birthday card by folding a sheet of the A4 'Super quality photo paper for inkjet printers' that I have at hand, bought from WH Smith. But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. Plain, Matte - Heavy, Photo, Premium Semi Gloss - even Inkjet Transparency! If the ink will stay on a transparent sheet of plastic with that last option, I'm darned if I can see why it won't do so on this stuff? Is it deliberately 'waxed' or something? You don't mention what printer you are using. Some modern inkjet printers are designed so that the ink and paper react chemically, and you NEED to use the recommended papers in order to get the best results. Using paper not designed to be printed on both sides can result in poor results, as you have noted. I can only suggest that you print the side that smears first, and give it some time (several minutes) to dry before printing the other side. This may give acceptable results. Sorry, Ron, I meant to do so; it's an Epson C82. But when I said 'smeary wet mess', I was being precise! Ink was actually 'puddled' in several cases, with original image barely recognisable. That's as it emerged from printer, so no question of allowing it to dry. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
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Inkjet printing both sides
It is the same problem if you are using an inkjet coated paper. It
isn't the ink that is the problem, it is the paper itself which is not designed for heat. In most cases the true matte surfaced inkjet paper (not semigloss or pearl) does not melt when placed through a laser or photocopier, but there are no guarantees. Most fully matte inkjet coatings are made of a clay/ceramic which is not damaged by heat. In most cases, the inkjet ink itself isn't the problem, so it may be better to print the ink side first and then laser print, because the heat may somewhat disrupt the inkjet coating in other ways than melting it. There are some brands of glossy and semigloss inkjet papers which have a special coating on the reverse side that is designed to accept black inkjet for text only. Also, if you print the card the right way and do a four way fold, if you print the front and back in one direction, and the inside panels upside down and fold it, you can print the whole card on one sheet on one side. Using a full letter size (8.5" x 11" page, the card will end up folded dimensions of 5.5" x 4.25" front surface with the two inside panels being 5.5" x 8.5" total. Art MyVeryOwnSelf wrote: I trick I've used to work around this: If you have access to a laser printer, print the back side on that first, then the color on the photo side. Some inkjet coatings, and the glossy are more likely, can be a type of plastic that will melt with the heat of a laser printer fuser. Some people have ruined their laser printer's fuser doing this, so beware! Obviously, some inkjet paper coatings survive the heat, but you need to be careful. Right, I've had problems with a laser printer after feeding a page that was previously ink-jet-printed on the other side. But what about the opposite? Is there any problem first printing one side with a laser printer (or copier for that matter), then ink-jet-printing the second side? |
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Inkjet printing both sides
The coatings on the reverse side do have several potential functions.
As I mentioned, some are coated for text only, some at designed to maintain dimensionally and prevent warping, as you mentioned, some have a coating designed to allow better paper transport through the printer with less slippage, some have codes to tell the printer the type of paper so the proper driver profile is selected for that paper type, so helps to maintain the integrity of the inks. Art Burt wrote: "Terry Pinnell" wrote in message ... Somewhat OT for both groups (I'd appreciate a pointer to a more appropriate one), but I imagine there's some expertise on this subject here. I want to make a birthday card by folding a sheet of the A4 'Super quality photo paper for inkjet printers' that I have at hand, bought from WH Smith. But I find that on the non-glossy side I get a smeary wet mess with all the 'paper type' settings I've tried. Plain, Matte - Heavy, Photo, Premium Semi Gloss - even Inkjet Transparency! If the ink will stay on a transparent sheet of plastic with that last option, I'm darned if I can see why it won't do so on this stuff? Is it deliberately 'waxed' or something? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK I would guess that the back coating has a function - possibly to keep the paper flat. Coating one side only may cause a different amount of moisture absorption and warp the paper. I've used Epson Glossy Photo paper and printed on both sides successfully. It does have a very faint logo repeat pattern printed on the back side, but no one who has received these cards noticed it at all. I currently use Staples Supreme Double Sided Matte paper for printing two sided cards. Because it is a paper specifically coated for receiving inkjet photo images, it looks quite good and is also a very decent weight and stiffness for cards. Although glossy photo papers print a more vivid photo, this matte paper is a close second best. |
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