I've photocopied and laser printed patterns going back over 20 years (some photocopied from my books to make prickings or some which were bought as photocopies from the designer) which I've always stored in archive plastic pockets. However, many of the older ones and some of the more recent ones have attached themselves to the plastic pocket, even though I bought high quality archive ones. When you then take the pricking out, the printing is sticky and causes problems when you try to prick through it. I take a new photocopy of the pricking but if you keep photocopying it can distort the pricking and depending on the quality of the original I've had issues where straight lines aren't so straight. I've also found that ink jet printers can be a bit splogy for want of a better word and that the pricking holes can come out a bit larger than you might want. however, compared to the other option - tracing the pattern and then trying to transfer it I'll go for a photocopier!
Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Sat, 2/4/11, Jane Partridge <jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk> wrote: From: Jane Partridge <jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk> Subject: [lace] Card versus photocopy paper To: "David C COLLYER" <dccoll...@ncable.net.au> Cc: lynrbai...@supernet.com, lace@arachne.com Date: Saturday, 2 April, 2011, 13:09 In message <20110402113006.7cc30338...@gex-cn03.ncable.net.au>, David C COLLYER <dccoll...@ncable.net.au> writes >> Dear Friends, What works in one climate won't necessarily work in another. The main reason for using the film is to stop any of the toner/ink getting onto the thread - and in England I have found that ink-jet ink isn't waterproof - that discovery, before we had laser printers at work, made me decide that printing the addresses on envelopes wasn't a good idea knowing how soggy our post sometimes gets! Even now, the laser printer I'm using doesn't always fuse the toner to the paper properly and it will lift if you brush a finger across it-- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
