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I'm looking for a printer that can handle vellum. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Robyn on November 28, 2009 at 11:59am

I'm out of town right now and have never tried vellum but I do love love love my antique HP 722 I can run any card stock through it including 120 lb weight. When I get home I'll try the vellum and let you know how it goes.

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Permalink Reply by Yolande Webster on November 28, 2009 at 12:49pm

I wouldn't try it without checking with HP. I've distroyed 2 printers trying to use unrecommnded paper. I know it can be done, because I've seen projects in stamping magazines where they have used vellum.

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Permalink Reply by Jan on November 29, 2009 at 9:15am

Yolande,
I've tried vellum in my ink jet printer and it worked well IF I let it dry several hours. If I am doing several cards and print on vellum, I usually lay them out and let them dry over night.

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Permalink Reply by Yolande Webster on November 29, 2009 at 10:00am

What's the brand name of your printer?

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Permalink Reply by Jan on November 29, 2009 at 1:44pm

Hi...mine is an HP, too :) The only reason I let mine dry so long is because I tried to work with it too soon and smudged the ink .

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Permalink Reply by Yolande Webster on November 29, 2009 at 5:51pm

I've got a Cannon. It's totally unsuitable for doing much more than copying and printing plain text. My first 2 printers were Brother's. They were simple to use. But they couldn't do what I wanted either. I thought a Cannon would be sturdier. But it turned out to be more complicated & fragile than the Brother's. I need something that can handle a lot of different types of printing materials.

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Permalink Reply by Heather on December 13, 2009 at 1:25pm

you may be able to stick your vellum onto a piece of paper before putting it through your printer like a temporary adhesive or something. I printed on vellum with my hp printer. I used the draft quality so not so much ink went onto the page. It was thinner ink so it doesn't take too long to dry. Hope this helps. HP printers seem to be able to handle different printing materials. I have just a cheap-o hp printer too and I just put my vellum through alone.

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Permalink Reply by TERESA on December 2, 2009 at 9:52am

Hi Yolande, I love vellum and can get ok results with my canon printer, however you must use good quality vellum for injet printers.

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Permalink Reply by Kisha on December 7, 2009 at 7:07pm

Hi Yolanda,

I have used my Epson Workforce 600 on vellum and it works great as far as printing. I normally attach the vellum to a piece of regular printer paper with repositionable adhesive since the vellum is so lightweight. I have had great results.

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Permalink Reply by Vreeve on December 26, 2009 at 10:52am

I have an Epson Workforce 500 series and it works well for Vellum and Cardstock (my former printer, a Brother was a bit tempermental with different weights of paper). To get vellum to dry quickly rub a Perfect Printing Pouch (it's for crafting) on the vellum. Works like a charm.

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Permalink Reply by Sandy Hoy on March 23, 2010 at 12:48am

I've got an HP 5500 inkjet and I have been doing vellum perfectly for years, even with earlier versions of HP. The key to doing vellum is to use a small bag of what I think is either talc or chalk powder. I can't remember where I got it, but it was for embossing too. Use it lightly on the vellum first, then print. If you think it needs dusting off after printing, use a soft face brush. No hours of drying time needed. I do use the printer properties setup and set the paper type to "other transparency film", it does not put out as much ink as for other types of paper. This does make a difference. Hope this helps! Check around for the little embossing bag, it works too!