[Plumbob2]

Hi Guys
Hope someone can help me.
I am wanting to personalise some Christmas cards by printing a photo on the card. The trouble is that the ink appears to sit on the surface before it drys and then when it is dry, the image is blurred and indistinct. I am using an Epson 890 on fairly cheap card of unknown quality.
Can anyone suggest printers settings to help me?
Thanks

[kiwiguy]

Good luck!

The best you can do is to try a range of media and settings, as the suitability (or lack thereof) varies widely between cards. Only you have the card so advice is limited.

I abandoned inkjet printing on Xmas cards for that very reason and now use laser instead.

[Guyzer]

Originally Posted by kiwiguy

Good luck!

The best you can do is to try a range of media and settings, as the suitability (or lack thereof) varies widely between cards. Only you have the card so advice is limited.

I abandoned inkjet printing on Xmas cards for that very reason and now use laser instead.

If that doesn't work try different paper.

[acraftylady]

You can buy cards that have glossy photo paper on the front just for doing this and it works very well. I do my Christmas cards like this every year with a family photo on the front. When I print the front of the card I tell the printer I am printing on photo paper and it comes out great.

[Plumbob2]

Thanks for the replys. The cards I am using are pre-printed Christmas cards and I wanted to mail merge to save writing them all out individually. Whilst I have printed my greetings in black, which has printed reasonably OK, I wanted to finish off the greeting with a small photo of me & the missus. The photo is the unacceptable part of the printing. If all fails I will omit the photo.

Thanks once again

[buck52]

Howdy

I'm afraid the best you can do is try the lowest quality the printer will do = least amount of ink = least bleed...

photos printed on non photo paper are crappy at best

buck

[acraftylady]

I have never done it with preprinted Christmas cards. Maybe there's something in the card stock that doesn't work with the printer compared to the inject and photo glossy card stock designed to be used in printers.

[buck52]

acraftylady

did you read this...

Originally Posted by Plumbob2

I am using an Epson 890 on fairly cheap card of unknown quality.

buck

[acraftylady]

I saw that but I have printed on the bargain inkjet cards before and had no problem. It was until another post they stated they were using pre-printed cards. I am thinking the preprinted cards is way different than regular card stock made for inkjet printers.

[mikkell]

you can also adjust your resolution and in printer settings, choose best quality

[kiwiguy]

The el-cheapo Christmas card stock is often close to blotting paper in consistency. It's a waste of ink even trying.

[Plumbob2]

Thanks for the replies, next time I will buy quality cards.