Scrapbook Basics: Printing Photos At Home
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2022
- In this week's video I'm sharing about my two favorite printers (that I've been using for a number of years now) and talking about why scrapbookers might want to (+ might not want to) print from home. Additional details in this blog post: www.aliedwards.com/2022/02/sc...
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- Epson XP15000 Printer: amzn.to/3EUwcNz
- Epson XP15000 Ink: amzn.to/3HEulhk
- Epson 13x19 Photo Paper: amzn.to/3oyA8xw
- Epson 8.5x11 Ulta Premium Photo Paper: amzn.to/34Ih20w
- Epson Ultimate Premium Matte Presentation Paper (heavy weight): amzn.to/3rAsGDO
- Epson PictureMate PM400 Printer: amzn.to/3HCtkq5
- Epson PictureMate Ink: amzn.to/3GuU7mM
- Epson 4x6 Ulta Premium Photo Paper: amzn.to/3guTnU4
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Thank you so much for sharing. I also own a Picture Mate 400 and a Canon IP8700, which is a wide format printer. I started to print at home all of the time a few years back when I found that the print quality at many places went down. Or places that I once used and loved, closed. One thing I wanted to say is that I buy my paper from Red River papers. I absolutely love the quality of the papers and I find that I never have to hope that Amazon has what I need. You should check it out! My favorite is the 68lb. UltraPro Satin 4.0 paper.
Thank you so much for this video. I've returned back to scrapbooking, memory keeping and paper crafting after a 15 year hiatus. Previously I relied on my super convenient local Costco for 1 hour basic printing. I could upload the night before and have photos ready the next day. It was a glorious system, then they shuttered their 1 hr photo. I've tried some (great quality!) online printing options, but the process and the plan-ahead (plus the shipping time + costs) have resulted in less storytelling because of the delay in getting the photos printed. Your philosophy and thoughts about telling the story now (vs waiting for more archival versions to be processed) hit me like a ton of bricks. If I tell the story NOW with a photo printed at home, I have that photo (and its resulting story!) for my and my family's immediate sharing. No waiting and no memory keeping pushed back and procrastinated and stories not told because I had to plan the photos. Once I let go of the idea that everything needed to be the ultimate archival quality it was like I saw the light. Thank you.
I bought a Picture Mate PM-400 on your recommendation four years ago, and it has been a total GAME CHANGER!!! It's one of those things that if it broke today, I'd buy a new one tomorrow!
Thank you so much Ali. This really helped me understand more about how you put your stories together. Love it!!
Thanks for sharing! Great idea to share these "general" videos
So helpful!!!♥️
I’ve always been printing from home. I work a lot so when I’m home and making pictures inspiration always pops up which means I have to do something with it right away!
oh and thank you for sharing some sneak peaks
When I thought about what was holding me back from getting my projects done it all came down to printing the photos. That is when I put the PictureMate on my wish list. Fortunately for me I received one this Christmas. It has been a game changer! I have so much more flexibility with my projects. I can print from my phone or from my computer. I do prefer to print from my computer as editing is easier. Thank you for the recommendation for the Matte Presentation paper. I want to do more hybrid/digital scrapbooking this year.
Thank you so much for the photoshop tutorial. It def helped improve the resolution of my photos.
Awesome!
I always look forward to these Friday videos! I do half and half; half the time I print at home using my HP Envy Photo 7155 and the other half I send to Persnickety prints. I usually send an order out for my December Daily because of the shear amount of photos.
Loved this video! I have the smaller Epson, but the bigger one is on my wish list! I hope you plan to share your Disney pages-I would love to see how those turn out! 🤩
Finally watched this. Thank you. Very helpful. I have canon pm100 which I love and prints 13x9. I’ve learned that my photo paper matters. Better paper translates to better prints. I print mostly at home for all of your reasons. I do love persnickety prints. Used them a lot with project life and especially when I was using the collect app. Have a selphy but don’t love the size of the prints. The Epson is on my someday list. Had an older model once upon a time. Used it a lot. I also print from our local camera store but not as often as I did. Love printing at home.
Thank you!
Awesome tips! I’ve been using the PictureMate for years myself! Remember the silver one with the handle? I didn’t know you could choose white borders when printing through photoshop (or was it from your Mac?). I need to try to print from my MacBook Air instead of always from my phone. You rock, Ali!
I am new to printing my photos at home and one of the biggest things I've struggled with is finding a photo print program that I can understand and is easy. Our printer is an HP ENVY Photo 7155 and I have struggled with the quality of it's printing also. This was an excellent video!
I love how you look at the issue of home printing. I, too, need the immediacy and flexibility of making that happen at home. When I started memory journey I used a HP 2410 all-in-one ink jet. I adored it. It came with a free program called HP IMAGE ZONE which was perfect, simple and very easy to make all kinds of products. It died after 7 years. I mourned it. Then umber one need for me is that I can design 8x10collage prints. I never use the collage, but it enables me to print many different size pictures using my paper very efficiently. So, I bought the newest version of my beloved machine. I have had three photo specific printers from Hp and each has been progressively worse. The photo editing features on the new machines is a joke, and my newest version doesn't even acknowledge an 8x10 piece of photo paper. Eeeek!
Now that I told you how I want to use it, what would you recommend? I have photshop elements and feel like it does far more than I need, and I don't find it easy at all. I have Android tech in my house so I can't even apple it. Help get me back to the memory keeping I love!
Thank you for this. I actually have the Epson picture mate, and I just purchased the current version of large Epson photo printer you have. I am excited to be able to work my memory keeping projects differently now, not being dependent on the 4 by 6 size photos. You have great ideas and I watched twice and took notes!
Awesome! I use both all the time + continue to be happy with them! Hope they work for you!
I remember being excited when the older versions of the Picturemate released! Currently I’m primarily Print at Home because it works for how I memory-keep. I found that if I preplanned my layouts and sent out my photos to be printed elsewhere the stories I wanted to tell changed. I use a Canon Pixma for my larger photos & I bought the PM-400 a few years ago & print a variety of sizes both from my phone and through photoshop. The proprietary paper for the selphy annoyed me so I never bought it.
For December Daily, I use an at home printer, but for Week in the Life, I send them off for printing, because I batch process that project. I wait until I have decided which pictures I will include. Since it is more systematic...1 6x8 per day, 4 4x6s per day and so many 3x4s per day, I just send it all out at once. When they all come in, I can always reprint if I need something different. I think that sending them out for print may be cheaper than home printing, but I do appreciate the flexibility of printing on demand. Another thing to consider is how often you print. When I step away for too long, my ink jet printer heads dry out and clog. So I try to print weekly at a minimum. Thanks for sharing these tips. My Canon is almost too dirty to continue so I will be looking for a new one in the coming year. I am excited to see if there are any ink savings options (besides generic) and what new technology will allow! For example, I have always been in love with the idea of printing white on colored cardstock! I am looking forward to the day when that becomes more readily available and a good price point.
Yes! The how-often you print at home piece is important - I included something about that in the blog post but didn't say it in the video.
I have always printed at home and I much prefer Eason printers. I have an old Picture Mate 350 I think. We can’t get the 400 here in Australia. Recently I needed to replace my large format printer. It took me a few years to make a decision on which one would work the best but eventually I bought the 15000. You recommendation went a long way. I like to edit and print my photos to the size I want as I design and come up with my pages. I love the freedom and flexibility.
I would love to know what settings you use when printing on the xp15000. I have an xp970 (similar printer with smaller max print size) and a Mac and use Illustrator but can use Photoshop, if needed. I am having trouble with matching print color to what I see on my screen. I am printing on Epson photo glossy paper. Any suggestions?
I send mine out to print as it is most cost efficient but i hope to have the option of printing at home so I can print more unique sizes like 6x8 and 3x8 & on demand for projects like december daily!
I print all my 4x6 photos through my XP-15000. It prints beautiful borderless photos. I’ve owned several Picturemates and always loved them - but they never lasted more than a couple years.
Are the epson eco tank printers really more economical as far as the amount of ink that come in the bottles. Any thoughts on the Epson Ecotank et 4800 for creatives?
Thanks for the informative video. I also have an epson picturemate. May I ask how u hardwire it to your computer? Just like any other printer? And do you have to download software then from epson?
Hi! It's just using a cord to connect the two!
Thanks for the video. I’m just starting with printing at home. Before investing in a full-up photo editor, is there one that is free or reasonably priced that you would recommend to see if this is going to be something I enjoy?
I know you can do a free trial of Photoshop. You can also buy Photoshop Elements vs. an ongoing Photoshop subscription. Canva is an app that many people are using these days but I don't personally have experience with it.
Thanks for info! Why do you have a separate smaller printer to print 4 x 6 when the Epson 15000 also prints 4 x 6?
I really like having a dedicated 4x6 printer. The 15000 doesn’t have a separate tray to just hold 4x6 paper (so I would need to load it each time). I’ve also traveled with the picture mate and that’s been fun to print and craft on some trips.
Most of my printing is also done at home, but a lot of my pictures were printed originally from film back in the 70's - 90's. I always make a digital copy of an original photo that I use, or I will reprint it because it has faded or because the printing technics were not good for longevity color prints. I also have a ton of legacy photos from the family that go back to the 20's& 30's that are almost always black & white. When I do a reprint of an old photo I always use 600 dpi. Does that use more ink than 300 dpi? Cost is an issue for me since I am retired.
I print at home, I have a Canon Pro-100 which can print 13x19, I use Luster paper. I find it takes a lot a space, it is much bigger than your Epson. Difficult to know how many times I buy ink because I don't change them all at once, (8 different colours). I do collages in Photoshop that I save as a jpeg and then print through Lightroom because that is the best quality I get with the Canon Printer's program. I know, it sounds complicated but that is what seems to print better. I would like to buy the Epson for the 4x6 photos for my Project Life, I think it would save me a lot of time!
could you do a video on the paper quality and the ones that you use please?
Hi Karen! I use Epson 4x6 Ulta Premium Photo Paper: @t, Epson 13x19 Photo Paper: @t, and Epson 8.5x11 Ultra Premium Photo Paper: @t
Question for you! I also own a Epson xp -15000. Love it! Amazing big photos! But I have trouble printing on vellum, (even with the special vellum paper for inkjet printers). My images always smear, and leave my rollers a mess! Could you share your printer settings for vellum on the xp-15000? It’s been driving me crazy!! Thank you for the video!!
Thanks for this question! My video on Friday will answer your questions!
Ackkk!!! This is awesome!! Thank you Ali!
I’m asking for a printer for valentines! Perfect timing. I’m curious if I purchased the matte paper you said you use for your journal cards if I cut it down to a 4x6 would it work In the Epson 400 printer? Not sure if that’s a dumb question but very interested in that option but would prefer to start with the epson 400 to see if printing at home works for me. Love your videos!!
Yes! You can totally cut it down and run it through.
thanks! off to buy it. already purchased the printer and 4x6 ones so excited to start printing at home! at least smaller sizes 😊
I know this video is about printing photos but any recommendations you have for thicker paper for printing out digital elements for hybrid scrapbooking. I’m on the hunt for good pure white paper that isn’t as thick as cardstock but also not flimsy if that makes sense. Thanks so much!
This is the one I use (Epson Ultimate Premium Matte Presentation Paper): amzn.to/3rAsGDO This one is in-between the weight of our journal cards + regular paper + has one side that you print on which is more white than the other. There is a thinner version of this paper as well.
@@AliEdwardsDesignInc awesome. Thank you so much.
Can you use the picture mate and the XP to print on velum or do you need a laser jet printer
Hi! You can print on vellum with both printers. Just make sure you are using ink jet vellum. This is the one I order: amzn.to/3Og1wMl
I just want to say I totally agree with Nickybb44. I have the same two printers and buy my paper from Red River papers. I personally don't care for glossy prints so I really love the Ultra Pro Satin paper also.
I just got the Epson XP 15,000 and tried to print and the color is off. Can you please advise on color settings or how to set up color option printing from Photoshop
Hello! I’m thinking about getting the Epson 15000! My question is the app you use….Photoshop? Is this a one time charge, monthly? I seen your link but I’m trying to do it on my computer! Thanks for any help!
Hi! I pay for the monthly subscription but you can also get a one-time purchase of Photoshop Elements (I'm pretty sure that's the case - at least it was at one point). If you are wanting to do some things on your phone Canva is a great option.
I use both printing at home and sending out. Depends on the amount of photos I have and how creative I want to be.
Hi Ali, I just got "your" Epson 15000 and was wondering if you have some good recommendations for the best settings for color and b&w printing, including printing borderless(from Lightroom I cannot make it work for the life of me). Any tips and tricks would be really appreciated; CZcams is not a very friendly place for this printer, apparently... thank you!
Hi! I don't use Lightroom so I'm not able to speak to that related to the borders. In most programs I use it gives me the option to select both sizes - such as 8.5x11 OR 8.5x11 borderless. In terms of color when printing from Photoshop I have it set to let Photoshop manage the colors and use the Epson Standard RGB printer profile.
@@AliEdwardsDesignInc thank you Ali, in terms of b&w, do you have any favorite /standard settings, for the crisp images that you produce (wowza!). Thanks LYW
Any tricks to printing on acetate? I can’t get them to dry
I'm going to share more about that in the next video.
Ali, whenever I try to print on the Epson PictureMate, it will run the paper like half way through and then stops and says "load paper, paper out". But the paper is NOT out. Any advice? I'm ready to throw it against the wall.
What paper do you suggest to print 12x12 at home?
I usually print on 13x19 paper (more easily available) and cut it down to 12x12.
Thank you! I’m considering the printer you showed, I like that you can print bigger sizes. I have the picture mate and I love it!
Approximately how much is the ink for the picture mate
I get it on Amazon and it's about $30. I replace it a couple times a year.
****Ok, please help and share I still can't seem to print without the turnout being grainy on the Epson PM-400. I am not having the experience ya'll are having. I have purchased every type of Epson paper and HP paper. I am mainly printing from my Iphone 13 Pro max phone. I have reduced zooming in and cropping. I have listened to several videos and multiple reviews and everyone is having the most amazing results with this printer. WHY am I having so much trouble? The printer is new! I just feel as you being a professional scrapper and your choice is this printer there has to be a trick and I must not be dong it. Please help so my prints come out beautiful. Thank you!
I 100% print a home for the same reasons
Hon you hv a good voice and you are organized but waaaaay to chatty. It took 7 min to get to story point. Andthe rest of the video you had all yr trials and feeling we didnt reallyneed. i am cutting out here and just going try and find some one else. we ar now at 10 min and I still hv no idea how to start printing
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