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Post by pancakes on Feb 5, 2019 6:02:46 GMT
I print all my photos at home, and I value convenience over the cost of the ink. That being said, I have a Canon Pixma MG7720 and have only spent about $150 in ink (I buy from 123inkjets.com) in the past year and several months.
I print digitals as well.
I think in terms of ease of use, cutting a title out on a Cricut or Silhouette would be much easier than printing directly on your scrapbook paper. Printing in a specific area of your page takes a lot of measuring and formatting, and there is always room for human error. It’s not that difficult, just tedious. And sometimes mistake prone.
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Feb 5, 2019 6:09:59 GMT
Post by scrapnnana on Feb 5, 2019 6:09:59 GMT
The amount of ink required to print a title depends at least partly on the font you choose. Some fonts use more ink than others.
I suggest that you try both types of titles and see which works best for you, and which looks nicer to you.
Scrapbooking is whatever you want it to be.
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Feb 5, 2019 12:34:28 GMT
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Post by dasmith2 on Feb 5, 2019 12:34:28 GMT
I think using the Cricut would be more cost effective, you could cut several at a time if you wanted. Cost of ink depends on your printer, but usually you can get off brand ink way cheaper then name brand. I’m not familiar with Cricut, (I have a Cameo) but using a printer, you would have more font options. You could always do a mix of both, and see which you like better. Since you’re already typing your journaling, it would probably be easier just to print the title out as well. I scrap 12x12, although I’d love a wide format printer to type my journaling right on my page, it’s not cost effective for me.
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Feb 5, 2019 12:56:17 GMT
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Post by Linda on Feb 5, 2019 12:56:17 GMT
I do a combination -sometimes I print directly on the page, sometimes I print and matte, sometimes I use the Cricut (or my QK dies), sometimes I use stickers/rub-ons. It depends on what look I'm after (and sometimes on how lazy I am).
I do find that if I want a coloured title, I don't usually care for the printed look - black on white looks fine printed but (and it might just be my printer), I don't find I can always get a good match with colours.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 5, 2019 17:04:33 GMT
I often cut 2 or 3 of my titles on my Cricut and glue them together. It's a nice dimensional look without buying Thickers. Which I still do
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Feb 5, 2019 18:43:02 GMT
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Post by katlady on Feb 5, 2019 18:43:02 GMT
I would think that printing directly on your card stock would require a lot of preplanning. You would have to know exactly where your pictures are going to go and you may not have room to rearrange something.
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Feb 5, 2019 20:44:11 GMT
Post by grammadee on Feb 5, 2019 20:44:11 GMT
A couple of thoughts about printed titles...
Printing right on your page is a one step process without the work of placing and gluing it. And don’t forget the cost of adhesive.
I haven’t done this lately, but I have in the past printed titles on transparencies, then cut out the title as a unit and attached that to my LO over top of everything else.
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Apr 20, 2024 6:46:00 GMT
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Feb 9, 2019 11:07:32 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2019 11:07:32 GMT
Have you looked at a printing service? I have HP Instant Ink. They have different tiers. I pay $10 a month for 300 pages using my printer. You will need to buy a printer that is with the program. There are a wide range of printers that you can use. If you have a printer from a different company see if they have a similar program. The printing services they send your cartridges to you and you send back the old cartridge in pre-paid envelopes. It's a green option and not wasteful. The fee covers your ink.
This is a really great option too for printing out digital LO's too.
The Cricut is a great option for cutting titles. You can cut your titles from your choice of papers and cardstock. You can print & cut your titles. The Con of the Cricut is that it does not do full page printing.
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Feb 9, 2019 13:15:22 GMT
Post by streetscrapper on Feb 9, 2019 13:15:22 GMT
I do both but most of my titles are cut with my Cameo. I like the dimension of cut titles, but then again, I prefer more 3D looking pages than just plain old flat ones.
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Feb 12, 2019 0:49:17 GMT
Post by refugeepea on Feb 12, 2019 0:49:17 GMT
Do you have a lot of font cartridges? Software that allows you to download other fonts for diecutting? You'd probably have more font options by printing.
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Feb 12, 2019 13:23:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 13:23:52 GMT
I dont have a cricut. I print a lot of titles and journaling on vellum. I print it on computer paper then tape the vellum on the paper and run it back through the printer. Sometimes I just print directly on my scrapbook page but I print a "practice" page 1st to make sure I'm getting it in the right spot.
I can't scrap without vellum.
Glad you're getting back into scrapping. Let us know how it goes!
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