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| JakeHC:
Hey everyone, So I'm thinking of re-doing my covers to be of higher quality and more of a universal design (half of my game boy cases are all different designs, black system logo, silver system logo etc). Does anyone have experience with these continuous ink systems i.e. Epson EcoTank etc for photo printing? It's probably going to cost me $400 AUD to get one, pretty expensive for a printer but the amount of ink is pretty enticing. Would love to see photos if anyone has any of the results they've achieved with one of these printers. In addition, has anyone done double-sided printing for covers? Would love to do case inlays for gameboy / ucg cases. |
| ShoothimNow:
I had never really had luck with inkjets and printing covers. Waaaaay too much ink on a page (slow speed + tons of ink). By the time it would finish, the page would be a puddle of instability and would need flattened, however... the ink was wet for minutes. Would become warped in places, and the price of inkjet ink, well... Decided to get a laser printer and haven't looked back since. Double sided printing never worked out as the paper was too warped in places and seeped through to the other side |
| JakeHC:
--- Quote from: ShoothimNow on April 18, 2018, 09:02:32 AM ---I had never really had luck with inkjets and printing covers. Waaaaay too much ink on a page (slow speed + tons of ink). By the time it would finish, the page would be a puddle of instability and would need flattened, however... the ink was wet for minutes. Would become warped in places, and the price of inkjet ink, well... Decided to get a laser printer and haven't looked back since. Double sided printing never worked out as the paper was too warped in places and seeped through to the other side --- End quote --- That's a good point. I went to the shops last night and grabbed some double sided matte paper and good quality photo paper. Found out a friend has one of these continuous ink printers so it'd be cool to try. I guess the great thing is that ink is cheap to replace for these ones by the looks of it. Mainly wanting it since I've got a huge amount of snes covers to print, the black ink would cost me a fortune otherwise. |
| TDIRunner:
Wet ink is the result of either the wrong print settings, or an absolutely lousy printer, but it's not typical of inkjet printers. If I print with matte settings on glossy paper, the ink will be wet for days. But if I print with glossy settings on glossy paper, it will be dry to the touch by the time it leaves the printer. |
| ShoothimNow:
I would set the settings to use the most ink, haven't had an inkjet printer in over 3 years now, but it was something advanced with the "Photo 2400DPI" settings, otherwise it was not black enough |
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