Printing Vectors on Heavy Stock
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- enjine
Ok, so I don't do print work, but I'd like to make some prints of vectors that I have.
I've been trying to use this Cannon i9100, but I'm getting a lot of streaking and awful grainy colors.
Can anyone recommend a good printer that I could buy that would handle crisp vector detail, all kinds of heavy/irregular paper stock, and get my colors right without looking like clouds of dots and streaks?
I would just take it somewhere to have it printed for me, but I'm experimenting on the size and paper type. I'd like to continue doing this if it weren't such a headache.
price range... up to 1200 if it's really just a stellar printer. I'd prefer lower at around 5-800. Best thing I can find so far is the Epson 2400...
any help appreciated!
- designerror0
epson's do a stellar job
but most new printers does
- Nairn0
'sFunny, I did about 3 years worth of printed vector work onto my i9100 and never ..well, rarely (it is a printer, after all) .. had any problems.
I take it you've experimented with the output settings?
- enjine0
yeah, i'm messing with the output settings. there is that switch under the hood for different paper weights (at least that's what i think it is... 8.5x11 image on one side, envelope on the other).
did you use that much when printing on heavier stock?
- Nairn0
yup, and if I remember correctly, i had to balance the lever just off the right-side lip to force it beyond its paramaters and accept heavier weighted stock.
it doesn't do ludicrously heavy stock, but i was always able to do much more than was stated in the manual (i quite often did borderless prints on bitty recycled A3 brown card - ie. not safe).
it did take me a bit to work out which output setting was best for whichever medium - the bad thing about the canon is the way it describes the settings - i found it best to ignore 'high resolution' or 'glossy' and just experiment myself.