thwarth
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Post by thwarth on Oct 13, 2020 19:07:56 GMT
Do the smaller exclusive photo printers, like the cannon and Epson have the ability to print matte photos?
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Post by nicolep on Oct 13, 2020 19:23:52 GMT
Do the smaller exclusive photo printers, like the cannon and Epson have the ability to print matte photos? Yes. I have the Epson PictureMate 400 and it's not whether the printer has the capability. It's just a matter of using glossy, semi-gloss or matte paper. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 13, 2020 20:05:01 GMT
Do the smaller exclusive photo printers, like the cannon and Epson have the ability to print matte photos? The Canon Selphy uses dye technology, not inkjet. Three dye sheets overlaying each other + top coat layer. You can choose whether to imprint a grain onto that varnish finish to make it matte-like. It's note a full-on matte, more in between satin and matte. |
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Post by thwarth on Oct 13, 2020 22:02:03 GMT
Do the smaller exclusive photo printers, like the cannon and Epson have the ability to print matte photos? Yes. I have the Epson PictureMate 400 and it's not whether the printer has the capability. It's just a matter of using glossy, semi-gloss or matte paper. Does the ink come with the glossy sheets? What do you do with them? I find I print off more pictures than I want to scrapbook. I'm not super interested in keeping boxes and boxes of unused photos around when I have already told those stories. I think in the long run printing at home might be more cost effective for me. How much is it per print? How many prints do you get from a cartridge? Is this something I should be asking for Christmas? |
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Post by caangel on Oct 14, 2020 3:15:12 GMT
@thwart
I don't have answers for you but just curious why you think you will be printing less if you do it at home vs sending them out to print? I'm always curious about people's systems for scrapping.
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Post by thwarth on Oct 14, 2020 13:08:10 GMT
@thwart I don't have answers for you but just curious why you think you will be printing less if you do it at home vs sending them out to print? I'm always curious about people's systems for scrapping. I am very overwhelmed by my pictures so I just print everything out. I generally put in 3 big photo orders a year, usually over 500 a batch. Often I will decide that some of the pictures are so similar I won't scrap them, or often I wish I had put two on one 4x6 so I didn't pay for so many prints. I feel extremely inefficient in how I print photos. |
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Post by joblackford on Oct 14, 2020 16:46:35 GMT
I don't think the personal printers are very cost effective generally (on a strict price per photo basis) BUT if they help you only print the photos you want at the sizes you need, and they help you feel less overwhelmed by photo printing so that you actually scrap your photos (which is the goal after all!) buying one would make a lot of sense.
This video review of the PM might help answer some of your questions
The PM has more flexibility to print different sized pictures, even non standard sizes. The Selphy only prints slightly smaller than 4x6 (although you can collage smaller photos onto that).
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Post by caangel on Oct 14, 2020 17:51:48 GMT
thwarthAhhh yes that would be extremely overwhelming for anyone! I'm not sure how you scrap but I can share what I do and maybe you can take something away that would work for you. I'm mostly a chrono scrapper so I approach my printing by month. All my (100K+) photos are in Google Photos so I start there and star photos for the month that I think I want to scrap. I only print exactly the photos, in the sizes that I need. To facilitate this I download my starred photos to my computer and print contact sheets (many small photos on one sheet of paper. I just choose the setting when sending the photos to my printer). I organize my photos in folders to help and print one contact sheet per LO or subject if I'm not sure how many LOs I'm going to do. The photos on my computer can then be deleted after I print the contact sheets since that is the only reason I need them on the computer. Then I use those contact sheets to plan my LOs (sketch, photo sizes, maybe journaling, etc). I use my notes to make collages in the PL app to get the correct photo sizes and send them off to the printer, I use Costco. I may only print 2-3 extra photos each month. I just need to cut apart my collages to have the photos be the exact size that I need. I'm a big planner and don't mind spending the time on getting everything ready so that when I can scrap it is easy for me. I use many small photos vs full 4x6s on my LOs. I'd rather play with paper and embellishments than fight with my photos to fit where I need them too which is what would happen if I had all 4x6 preprinted photos. However this does mean that some times I don't have photos ready to scrap. For me the trade off is worth it. This system has worked for me for 10+ yrs.
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Post by amom23 on Oct 14, 2020 18:00:55 GMT
I have the Epson PM-400 and will say the ink doesn't dry out like with the previous Picturemate models if you don't use it constantly.
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