The following supply list contains affiliate links. * A number of reviews of the Strathmore laser vellum state that it printed cleanly, so it may just be that my printer doesn’t agree with it.Ĭheck out the video below to see my results, both with the vellum and with the Dura-Lar: If you’ve watched my video about making print and cut foil acetate embellishments, then you know what great results you can get with clear acetate. And lastly carefully peel the backing paper off and you will be left with your image on a lovely semi translucent sheet of mulberry paper. It’s sort of an acetate / vellum hybrid (at least the matte type is), and I figured that it would be a great candidate for printing and foiling since it does have a number of different qualities that are acetate-like. Duralar is a polyester film that’s billed as an acetate alternative, and it’s much smoother than any of the brands of vellum that I tested. There were still some areas where the printing was pretty clean, even though the overall print was not, so I decided to try and foil a sheet of the Strathmore vellum* to see what the results would be.Īfter less than stellar results with actual vellum, I remembered that I had some matte Dura-Lar that I use to cut stencils with my digital die cutting machine. I tried a number of different paper settings on my printer, including the “transparency” setting, but the toner still lifted and remelted in places where it shouldn’t be on all three brands of vellum. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get a clean print with any of the three brands. However, the Ampad brand vellum, which I picked up at a big box store, and the Strathmore vellum, which I purchased from, both state on the packaging that they can be used with laser printers. To be fair, the Silhouette vellum is geared more toward die cutting and doesn’t mention printing anywhere on its packaging. Product Description: Printed Yellow Translucent Vellum (VELPRNT-31) Put your ink jet and laser away and let the professionals at LCI Paper print your vellum sheets for you. So far, I’ve tried printing on three brands of vellum : Silhouette, Ampad, and Strathmore.
Albumin Paper A coated paper used in photography the coating is made of. I’ve discovered over the past several weeks that getting clean laser printed results with vellum isn’t as easy as I had hoped it would be. Acetate A transparent or translucent plastic sheet material of a variety of.
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