I have to buy a new printer. Printing on cloth finished off the old one. Any recs? Thanks so much!
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Just realize you cannot print on fabric with a laser jet printer, only with an ink jet. My HP prints fabric just fine, in fact have had HPs for years and never had a problem with any of them. Good luck in your search.
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Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm
I have to buy a new printer. Printing on cloth finished off the old one. Any recs? Thanks so much!
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I print on fabric all the time. I have a HP Photosmart C4240 and love it! Sorry about your Dad, I made a memory quilt for my Mom when my Dad passed away, it took me awhile to get started on it but then it was such a comfort. I highly recommend HP!
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Originally Posted by kat13
I print on fabric all the time. I have a HP Photosmart C4240 and love it! Sorry about your Dad, I made a memory quilt for my Mom when my Dad passed away, it took me awhile to get started on it but then it was such a comfort. I highly recommend HP!
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I've printed on fabric for YEARS. I just iron freezer paper on muslin, cut to size and send it through. I use a ink jet from H.P. Haven't had problems. I'm not making family heirlooms here, I'm just doing fun projects.
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In our business we use only Epson as a proof machine because it gives the true color. We proof everything before we run it on our 64" wide format printer. The machine is very inexpensive around $45.00 but the ink is $14.-18. per cassette. Lasts a good length of time. I just iron my white, whatever on freezer paper and send it thru. I have done a Baptizmal Quilt on ivory with pictures of the baby's Mom & Dads wedding, Mom pregnant, pictures from the delivery roomand the final open square was the baby being baptized. I hand sewed it and quilted so it did'nt look out of place. It's been washed 4-5 times, Looks great!
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Your best bets are either an HP or Epson printer. Both have equally good quality of ink and thruput (feed quality) with fabric in the machine.
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I have only used the packaged fabric sheets but I am going to try the freezer paper on reg fabric, I think I need that bubble jet stuff tho so will have to wait on it for now. Also when you quilt its a little tricky on large photos, for me anyway. Even the smallest needle leaves holes if you mess up and have to rip stitches out. I tried not quilting them and they get puffy, even with SID. I'm still experimenting on that part...
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I bought the bubble jet set but haven't used it yet. I plan to do my own fabric with freezer paper too. :D
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