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I am getting ready to do wedding invitations and save the date cards. My question is can you run the velum through your printer and will the ink ever dry? Or do you print on another paper and put it behind the velum?
__________________ ************************************************************** Deborah "Imagination is more important than knowledge" ~ Albert Einstein
I just did three cards with vellum inserts with printing in several differnt colors. It really worked out nicely. I printed directly on the vellum and had no problem with drying. My printer is an Epson which uses way too much ink but does a very nice job.
My suggestion is that you do a trial run with your font , print size and color.
I've successfully printed directly on the vellum, also. There is a way to change the type of paper in your Printing Preferences menu--you could try changing it to coated paper instead of regular paper, and that might help with the drying. I don't recall what I did, I think I tried it both ways just to see what looked better.
I even printed a watermark picture (sepia tone at 50% opacity, not full darkness) on vellum--you can see it here: Be Rustic first upload (inside) by nottoocreative at Splitcoaststampers
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I will have to experiment I think. I thought I remember someone saying the ink was wet so they sprinkled on embossing powder then used the heat gun. Does that make sense?
__________________ ************************************************************** Deborah "Imagination is more important than knowledge" ~ Albert Einstein
I print on vellum using the transparency setting - my HP printer does a couple of things on this setting - it prints slower and it waits a bit before printing the next page. Slower means no smudges and it lets the page set a bit before it drops another page on the wet page. I ususally let the page dry for an hour or so before I cut it.
Yes you can emboss if you print on coated paper on the best setting (more ink) you can add embossing powder on the wet ink and then heat emboss it. If you do this on vellum don't hold the heat gun to close to the paper so it won't warp.
I just did wedding invitations printed on vellum for my sister in May. They turned out beautifully!! Here's a few tips I learned the hard way:
1. A laser printer works better than an ink jet. The ink jet works fine, but as the ink dries it "bleeds" a little into the paper, giving a soft, fuzzy finish. It's pretty if the font is large and clear, but the font my sister wanted was small and curly, so the fuzzy finish wasn't very readable. The laser printed vellum had a nice, crisp finish even after the ink dried.
2. Black ink is more readable than colored ink. I don't know why--maybe colored ink has different ingredients? But whatever the reason, colored inks (and we tried twelve different colors on two different printers!) resulted in a more fuzzy finish than black.
3. Grab the vellum as soon as it comes out of the printer and lay each sheet out to dry! Don't touch for five minutes or so. If you let the sheets stack up on each other in the exit tray, the ink will smear.
4. I didn't have much success with using the heat gun to dry the ink. It did dry faster, but it didn't dry any clearer--the bleeding effect still happened, it just happened faster! And you have to be very careful not to scorch the vellum!
If your ink is still wet you can also sprinkle clear embossing powder and then emboss your writing! You can do this on half sheets of paper since it dries quickly.
When I wanted to print multiple copies from my inkjet printed onto vellum, I used a "perfect printing pouch" on the vellum before I loaded it into the printer, and it really worked. The printing was crisp and clean, and it didn't smear. The pouches are not very expensive and are available from a lot of online stores, and I think I've even seen them at Michael's and A.C. Moore. Good luck!
I buy inkjet printer Vellum at Staples. Think there are fifty sheets in the pack. Works well in my inkjet printer and takes Memories Black ink pad very nicely. Nice weight and I believe it's made with invitations in mind. Item #496755
HTH
I am getting ready to do wedding invitations and save the date cards. My question is can you run the velum through your printer and will the ink ever dry? Or do you print on another paper and put it behind the velum?
Here's an image printed on vellum with an ink jet printer that was thermal embossed, then colored. If the same technique (thermal embossed after printing) was used for text, the results would be similar to an engraved invitation.
I don't know if the results would be the same with all brands of vellum; Grafix Vellum www.grafixarts.com) is heavier than most brands and thermal embosses without problems (buckling, warping, etc.).
now if can just find the right adhesive so it does not show through
__________________ ************************************************************** Deborah "Imagination is more important than knowledge" ~ Albert Einstein
now if can just find the right adhesive so it does not show through
I've had excellent results with both Glue Arts and Scotch Vellum tape...the trick is to apply the adhesive to the substrate (not the vellum), burnish well, remove the liner, position the vellum on the adhesive and lightly burnish.
I printed my wedding invites on vellum using blue ink. No problems at all.
Just as mentioned above make sure you take them out and let them dry and not stack up. My printer actually stops and gives me a message detecting the ink is wet - remove paper and allow to dry. Then it went to the next one.
I made matching shower cards, wedding invites, rsvp cards, and thank you cards for my wedding. They turned out gorgeous and everyone loved them. But I was tired of stamping for 3 months after! It was a lot of work but worth it. This was in 2006 and I'm now well over it.
I think you have to experiment because it depends on the vellum, printer, settings and ink. I buy my vellum from Marco's Paper online and it is made for inkjet printers 30# resolution. I have an Epson that uses DuraBrite ink, I don't change my settings and It dries very quickly. I also like this vellum because it is not too thick and shows anything underneath nicely. Not too foggy.
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After I have printed on vellum, I spray mine with Fixative (what use can use to set chalk so it does not smear or rub off). I also adhere mine with a spray repositionable adheasive and it always works good.
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