Do I need anything other than an ink jet printer? I saw you said spray it with clear? What is a silhouette mach? Can you just cut them yourself easily
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I just used my inkjet printer. The colors come out very vivid. I don't have the silhouette machine. I think you might want it for intricate cutouts but I just scissors or a ruler and a razor knife. You need to be sure your ink is completely dry before handling the labels. I also used either spray or brush on clear oil based polyurethane because I was putting the stickers on tile around the sink in the kitchen. I wanted the tiles to stand up to washing so I used 3 coats and baked each coat on. I did not do the clear coating on other labels I made.
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Yes, you can print with an ink jet printer. The images are very clear and full of color. Ink jet doesn't give that raised laser image though, it's more of an absorbed image.
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There are two ways that you can "print and cut". One is by using a special new mat called the PixScan that is available for it, and an app that goes with it on your phone. With that you can cut around anything...it doesn't have to be something you printed from the Silhouette software. It can be a stamped image, or handwriting, or whatever. The other way is by creating the file in Silhouette's Design Studio software and then adding registration marks to your document before printing it. The machine reads these to orient itself on the paper when you feed the paper into the Portrait to cut.
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Not being there it is difficult to say about the ink smear. Normally I get my paper from WalMart next to the computer section. Georgia Pacific puts out papers made for the InkJets. I prefer the 24 pound weight paper over the 20 pound weight though it is probably a couple of bucks more expensive. Less hassle, paper absorbs the ink better and it has a decent brightness on it. You will have to look up which HP inks work with your printers. Normally HP provides software to tell you that information on the disk that comes with the computer. I normally do not use recycled ink even though it is cheaper. I find that there are very few bargains put out by HP on ink cartridges. Sam's Club has package deals that are better. Personally I use an 8600 deskjet and it uses 950/951 cartridges. I find it to be a pain to keep changing cartridges so I normally get the XL ones that have the extra ink. My other printer uses 564xl cartridges. The office jets hold more ink and last longer. The 309A photo printer I use strictly for quality printer and not production. HP is greedy. They quit making a triple quantity XL for the office jet because it lasts too long. Personally I think they need to have their heads examined. The greatest attraction to me is cheap ink, cheap but quality printer, and low overhead on everything. Our family could easily wear out a printer if the ink was reasonable. I considered one of the newer laser printers for that reason. Haven't upgraded to one yet. I think the laser cartridges are way too expensive for the average home.
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There is two different kinds, the ink jet and the laser printer. I purchased the ink jet kind and I like it you just have to trim the remaining unprinted area
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Hi, I don't think the Cameo and the Silhouette are two different machines. I see only references to the Silhouette Cameo. The Silhouette program I have shows only a 12 x 12 mat but I believe you can cut roll vinyl with the machine. The program lets you scroll way past the mat. It goes to 35 inches. I have the fancier Studio Designer version which has side rulers. I see on Amazon there is a 12 by 24 mat available. I also have a Blackcat Cougar and it has a place to set mat size. The Silhouette mats are rather thin. My Blackcat mats are a lot thicker and more forgiving. My Silhouette now lives at our factory and my Blackcat is at my home. I haven't tried a Black cat mat in the Silhouette. I can't resist in telling you I found a way to redo the stick on the mats. I think the sticky on the Silhouette mat is waterbased so it can be cleaned off with soap and water. When it is clean, dry it off and spray a thin layer of Sprayway (name of manuf) No. 82 mist spray adhesive. Spray it outside or wear a mask. Make sure to let it dry as it can be gooey when wet. Amazon sells this spray stuff. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to keep my mats at perfect stickiness. I can easily remove buildup of the spray adhesive with paint thinner.
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I have not used a printer or ink jet on it. I can tell you I use it for spray painting my stencil art designs on it and sharpie artwork on it and cut it for my own stickers. This is very tough sticky high quality vinyl. It works great for what I use it for. It is slippery to draw on , but works for me.
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I ended up with the MP620. It seems okay so far, but I really have not done much with it yet...just printed out a few regular pages. Haven't tried the scanner, copier , or photo printing yet. Keep on meaning to , but just haven't yet....I will try some of these things in the next few days and send another reply if that will help. One thing, it said "quick start" and it doesn't seem to be very quick, but there may be some setting I have to change for that and I've pretty much just been turning it on and clicking print....
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Places like mypublisher.com would be better if they fit your budget. The result is professionally bound and presumably not subject to fading as DIY inkjet inks might be. Get on their mailing list and wait for a teaser sale if it matters. I fully agree with the previous posters in any case.
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Hello- I am sorry but I used an ink jet printer therefore, I can't answer your question but you should not have a problem with your printer as long as it's not a laser printer.
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Yes You can just use home ink jet printer to print this out. There is no special ink required
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No, I do not believe you can use an Ink Jet Printer on these specific discs. GH
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excellent choice. I use it for photos, making greeting cards, and copies. Actually, I try tofind CL-51 .....same ink, larger quantity, so I don't have to change cartridges as often. I also would like to mention that a cartridge should NOT be removed until your replacement is ready to be installed as the spout should never be allowed to dry! I have been amazed at how many people are unaware of this, and actually remove a cartridge to bring to a store for identifying another purchase or for exchange! It can ruin your printer's quality!
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Yes, the blades can be used on any Silhouette machine, even the older Silhouette SD. I have the Cameo and can't recommend it strongly enough. The full-size 12"x12" cutting area is so handy for so many projects and you can always cut small items, too.
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Carl! I just did it... took out the color cartridge and it printed a B/W image....hey thank YOU it is good to know just for general purposes. BTW it is darn good little printer and if you can find it on sale as I did (40 bucks) also there is a vendor here that sells both cartridges for under 20 bucks including shipping...they wanted 48 bucks at Staples for the dang cartridges themselves for cryin' out loud........:>}
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When they get wet the ink Runs. Ii think you could find a better option. I bet you could find something from a scrapbooking store that might be better. If you do decide ro go with this, I don't think it would take a 100 pack. You might just want to visit your local.office supply store and get 2-3 sheets.
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Both of those machines are not ones you can use on skin. The plate with the holes is for your ink cups. Power Supply is good but the foot pedal is on/off only. So look into a different gun. But everything else is there. And the ink is not good at all do not put that in your skin.