Help!!

[alien21xx]

So today's project, I was making a card using plain white cardstock, and the printing was AWFUL!! How do you sweet ladies print your pretty cards? Do you use the cardstock simply as a base and print on photo paper? Previously that's what I was doing, and my cards had been great. Today, my card was just so... plain.

 

[livelys]

Pretty much that is what I do too - except I usually print onto ordinary printer paper (then stick onto my card and trim). If I plan to have a central section (or image) to which I might want to add ribbon/ stitching to, then I print this part onto A4 card and then again trim and stick.

I do a lot of my card planning in Photoshop, so I only print what I need. I open a new file to roughly the same size as my finished card and then play. Maybe try doing this to get your mojo flowing again, 'cos you can change your mind as many times as you need, and you aren't wasting any of your paper/ ink supplies

Hope this helps - good luck!

 

[alien21xx]

Thanks Sara. I didn't realize printing directly onto cardstock didn't yield pretty pictures, so I guess I should stick to photo paper and use the cardstock as a base instead.

 

[Lauren Reid]

i print my cards onto white cardstock... did you make sure you had "highest quality" selected? cuz cardstock sucks up more ink than printer paper, so it will look dull if you don't print w/ the higher quality level. (er at least w/ my printer )

oxox

 

[alien21xx]

Oh I think you're right, Lauren! Coz I normally just print standard onto my matte photo paper, so it's what I did with cardstock. I'll try to print high quality on my next project.

 

[Yvette]

I've had good luck bumping up the saturation for papers and elements as well (not so good on the photos though!)

 

[ColleenSwerb]

Yup, those were all good suggestions. I use Epson matte presentation paper for all my printing needs and it serves me well

Plain white cardstock can be good, just bump up the saturation a bit, and print on the highest quality possible. Good luck!

 

[ditzyscrap]

Lauren's suggestion was a good one!

Generally I print onto regular printer paper on the highest quality setting, and then just cut it out and paste to cardstock. I find it gives me a crisper image than printing on cardstock (even with selecting the proper paper type from the list, and highest quality setting).