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Old 04-30-2010, 11:11 PM
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patricej
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unless you are getting more than one of the big bottles, $20 is much too high a price for Bubble Jet Set.

http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3446-AA.shtml (under $16 for the large bottle - regular formula; this page also includes a lot of information about the product and how to use it.)

direct from the manufacturer, for about the same price. here, you will also find the special formula for HP printers. it's worth the extra $1 per bottle to get the special formula if you have an HP printer. page also includes a lot of information. you will also find fabrics here especially woven for printing. they're a bit pricey but you know they'll perform well.

you'll also find pretreated fabrics by the yard and in packs already fused to paper for printing. i would not trust any other manufacturer of pretreated fabric. that isn't to say there aren't other good brands on the market. it's only that i, personally, haven't found any other pretreated packs that use fabric i'd consider of sufficient quality.
http://www.softexpressions.com/softw...ns/bubjet.html

note: Kona Prepared For Dyeing, although a fine fabric, did not give great results when i used it for printing. i got decent results, but not vivid prints. i also found it hard to fuse it completely to freezer paper, so it didn't always move smoothly through the printer. i had to toss about a third of my prints because of smudging and distortion.

my Canon printer, which uses pigment inks, provides much nicer prints than does my HP. after washing, the difference is even more noticeable.
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