Each printer ink reacts differently... the easiest transfers can be achieved with cheap quality inkjet printers...as they ink is not that permanent and helps to be transfered smoothly ..however the light fastness of some of the cheaper inks is not as good -- so it depends on how durable the project needs to be
~ so for doing transfers in art journals etc that are not necessarily going to be exposed to the light ..the cheaper the inkjet printer ink the better often the transfer result
~ however if transferring onto a canvas or an artwork that is going to be displayed etc.. then sunlight can easily fade the image or yellow it with age... so a good quality inkjet printer will yield an image that is more light fast...but the transfer can be a bit hit and miss...as the ink is designed to adhere thoroughly ..I find I have to work relatively fast and with a fresh copy or printout from my printer to get a good result with a gel medium transfer
~ laser printer are the most durable printers ... however color laserprinters are relatively expensive to obtain ... often people choose to use color copies from a xerox shop etc to transfer images---again a clean image can be obtained , that is durable and light fast ...but not so convinient for instant home use
hope this helps
milliande :-)
Mar 10, 2010 Rating
About printing after step Photoshop by: Massessi Malou (Anaïs)
Milliande thank you for your explanations.
But I ask myself another question, when working with photoshop an image to add contrast, we must then print it.
But here is my question: what kind of printer should I use?? Inkjet or laser?
