For best results printing photos with ink jet printers, you should be using only coated papers such as photo paper. If you don't like the glossy finish, I suggest using matte photo paper such as Epson Presentation Paper (available at places like Staples) instead of plain bond paper and the results will be much better. Plain paper adsorbs too much ink and the results are a dull flat looking print.
Would love to see some photos of the finished backdrop. Bob Frascella On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:12 PM, G C <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, I found that with my ink jet printer, the thing looked very washed > out on regular computer paper. Probably has to do with how much I enlarged > the image. I went as far as possible without it getting to blurry or > pixilated. At the time, I found that the photo paper worked better. My > intention was to try spraying Dullcoat or Krylon Matte Finish over it. Never > got that far as I didn't want to ruin it by having the ink run. If you have > any ideas, I'm game. > > Gene > > ________________________________ > From: Joe Visinitne <[email protected] <h2oman%40razzolink.com>> > To: [email protected] <S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:55:11 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Walthers flyers for backdrops > > Gene > I got a kick out of your posting about coping a scene from a Walthers > flyer, altering it and using it for a background. My question to you is why > are you using photo paper? Doesn't that have a gloss to it? I may give your > idea a try but use a regular heaver weight paper (maybe try to print on a > 8.5X14 paper), cut out the sky out, glue it to some thin foam board for a > little relief and glue that to the painted background. > Thanks for the post you sparked a lot of ideas.... > > Joe Visintine > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
