Printing On Vellumby Nicole Humphrey | More from this Blogger 25 Jul 2006 03:34 PM Scrapbooker's love to use Vellum. It's the perfect addition to nearly any layout. However, I hear many the frustrations when they print their journaling or a title out onto the Vellum and it does not work correctly, smearing across the paper. Vellum comes from many different companies and can be purchased at crafts stores or your local scrapbook store. Each company varies in the amount of ph/acidity levels. Avoid the thicker vellum when you are creating a layout. The thicker vellum is meant for cards or packaging of gifts. Vellum in not absorbent. This is where the problem begins when wishing to print directly onto it. In addition, Vellum has different types of finished on it, depending on the type you have purchased. I know it often seems like wax is on my vellum, which is all dandy, but it makes the surface practically waterproof. When shopping around for Vellum, check out different brands if you are able to. My favorite Vellum is the Close To My Heart Vellum. It is a thinner Vellum with a less waxy surface. It just seems to work a little better. My printer is a Brother MFC 420CN. I have four other printers available to me too, but this seemed to be the best one of the five. Actually it isn't necessarily that it was any better for printing on Vellum, it was just the better printer all around. Once you print on to the Vellum you will have to allow it to dry for a fair bit. It needs to absorb into the paper and this is difficult with the Vellum because of the above mentioned reasons. When you do print onto your Vellum, set the setting on your printer for Draft printing, Economy Printing, Fastest Printing, whatever it's called. You want the poorest quality ink because it is the least amount of ink, keeping the paper from not drying. Also keep in mind that the thinner lines on the font, the better your output will be. Those thick lined fonts use a lot of ink, creating more drying and a greater chance at smearing. Another way to use the Vellum is to take a grocery bag or paper lunch bag and crumple it up. Lightly "sand" the vellum with the crumpled bag. Doing this before you try to print on it will help to break down the coating on the surface to allow the ink to penetrate and dry. Vellum is a great addition to any layout. The semi-transparent paper works perfect for titles, and journaling. Have fun and get creative! Happy Scrapping! Nicole Humphrey writes articles for the Scrapbooking Blog and for the Frugal Blog. She also guest blogs on a variety of topics. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: Spending Your Scrapbook Organization and Storage Dollars Wisely Tips for Managing Your Scrapbooking Organization Budget Friendly Innovative Scrapbook Organization Creative Inexpensive Scrapbooking Storage Solutions 8 Quick Tips to Keep Your Scrapbook Area Organized Learn more about Nicole Humphrey  Nicole Humphrey is a freelance writer, consultant for CTMH and a Sr. Blogger for families.com. She resides in St. Charles, Missouri with Mike and their five children and two furbabies. Relevantscrapbooking tags holidays | relationships | christmas | family | ideas | Kids | wedding | baby | children | Scrapbooking User Comments ScraPerfect (5) 04 Aug 2006 08:06 AMYes, these tip could be helpful--but are you aware of a fantastic product that makes printing perfect on any kind of vellum--on normal ink settings and dries the ink almost instantly??? Use any font you want--as bold and thick and big as you want! And don't stop with inkjet printers...Use your regular markers on vellum and they write like you're printing on cardstock. One stamper said when you treat your paper with this product, stamp ink works like it's StaZon ink. You could use any brand, metallic or pearly or even patterned vellum? You can even print on all sorts of other surfaces (like transparencies, clay twill tape and ribbon, wood, shrink plastic and more) without smaring, resisting or bledding! Here's the recent review from Scrapbook Answers: Scrapbook Answers REVIEW June/July 2006 "No inkjet owner should be without this little felt ravioli-shaped pouch. If you have tried-and failed- to print on slick papers such as vellum, metallics, or glossy cover stock, you know the frustrations: The ink smears, takes forever to dry, and prints unevenly on textured papers. ScraPerfect promises that your print will come out crisp and clear by simply wiping your paper down with the pouch before printing. As an added bonus, the fine powder released by the Perfect Printing Pouch helps the ink dry almost immediately. We tested the pouch on vellum, metallic paper (usually incompatible with inkjet printers!), and glossy coated paper. Before the pouch, the vellum printed without smearing, but the color was faint and the edges of the text were fuzzy. After using the pouch, printouts were sharp and clear, as if printing on plain paper. Without the pouch, both the metallic paper and the glossy coated paper produced smeary prints, and the glossy paper was still wet after five minutes. Again, we used the Perfect Printing Pouch and were pleased with the results. The prints came out smear free, and both papers dried within 10 seconds. The pouch contains a nontoxic, non-irritating, acid-free, talc-free powder that's compatible with any inkjet printer-but what that powder is remains a tightly guarded secret. The powder does tend to get onto your work surface and hands when you use the pouch, but that's a small price to pay for a perfect print." PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The Perfect Printing Pouch from ScraPerfect is the solution for printing on difficult surfaces with an ink jet printer, markers, gel pens or stamping dye ink. It eliminates smearing, bleeding, and resisting on all kinds of vellum and other materials including shiny papers, textured cardstock, transparencies, twill tape, ribbon, muslin fabric, shrink plastic, wood, postage stamps, mulberry paper and more. It also contains an agent to dry the ink quickly. The Pouch can be described as a felt â€Å"ravioliâ€Â� filled with acid-free, talc-free powders which are applied to the paper surface before printing. The ink adheres perfectly without smearing and dries quickly. It comes in two styles and four color combinations. The Original is 2â€Â�x3â€Â� and is held upright to neatly treat smaller areas such as titles and journaling boxes. The Strap•n•Tap is 3â€Â� x 3.5â€Â�, lays flat, and makes treating larger surfaces like whole sheets of paper faster and easier. It's perfect for wedding invitations and baby announcements. Both styles are lined to prevent messy powder contact with hands. The MSRP for the Original Pouch is $5.95 and $9.95 for the Strap•n•Tap.  Nicole Humphrey (15757) 05 Aug 2006 06:35 AMWow. Thanks for your long comment about your interesting product. I have never heard of it before, so I will have to check it out. However, I do believe that these tips I gave ARE helpful, and not "could be" helpful. Especially if you don't happen to have this product on hand. I will check out your product and write a review. It sound fantastic. Community Tags computer, digital, journaling, printing, vellum Discuss this article
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