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I run printing services especially for university students, although we are primarily focused on large format printing (due to architecture and photography students need) we however can give good prices on what we offer. As we print for students, our prices will be somewhat cheaper than others...

I used pigment ink for my large format printers and they are very resistant to water... I even tried soaking prints into boiling water, it was the paper that actually couldn't stand water, and not the ink! As far as i know, the Canon 9500 uses pigment ink, and I GUESS.. it should be fine.

Well, a Canon Pixma Pro 9500 can do the job, and it's a domestic printer than you can easily get yourself one from PC World. It can take up to 1.2mm thick media. usually 300gsm measures less than 1mm thick. Printer review - Canon Pixma Pro9500 mk II A3+ I wouldn't advice using laser printer on...

Hi all, I hope that some of you guys can give me a direction where to look at regarding this problem. I have an Epson 9800 on photo black ink. It's always been printing perfectly without a single problem at all, until last night.. I decided to give a try with the matt black ink, so I did a...

Totally agree with hudson. Another point to add, I would not suggest anyone sending over original ai or indesign files as there are many linked files and fonts that might be easily forgotten to include. So, the easiest and trouble free way would be to export to pdf for print. There are...

Thanks for everyone's input. Well, it's not a major problem for me as I have different ways to work around it, but what I was curious about why I only get this problem when printing from Acrobat?.. As I print from photoshop, inDesign or Illustrator, neither of them had this problem... Also, it...

Hi all, I use a rip to print my images.. but in some situations where I receive files in pdf format and printing from it, instead of converting to bitmap, I print directly from pdf. Even though I used the correct printer profile setting etc. the print is still much darker than I import to...

Also, I had experiences where some potential customers tried to ask me CMYK or RGB, which I told them RGB.. then they never got back to me after hanging up... I generally think using CMYK is good to some extent, but with high quality photographic prints, RGB is the way to go especially with up...

hi, well.. we are not based in London, but we run a student print service in Nottingham. We do a lot of high quality large format printing starting from A3 size. Let me know if this is you your interest. I do have a few experience with some london based printshops. Usually they are very...

Be clear that if in photoshop, you cannot have multiple resolution in a single file. If your file is created in 300dpi, no matter that image resolution you import into the psd file, all will be converted to 300dpi. (in fact, a 150dpi image will import 50% smaller in 300dpi file) Key thing is...

Thanks for all your input guys. I'll have a serious think :D

Hi, That will be presentation graphics primarily targeted at students. Architecture, graphics design, photography students, including portfolio. I have an A1 printer now, but Im missing out LOTS of customers due to the need for A0+ presentation panels which goes on the wall.. so I am looking...

Hi thanks for your reply. Bronzing happens especially with pigment ink because of its chemical property (afaik), when you look at the print at a certain angle against a light source, you'll see some colours reflect a bronze colour instead of its original colour. This usually happens on photo...

Hi all, I have a Designjet Z3200 right now, but I am thinking of upgrading to a faster printer. I've done a bit of homework and quite interested in getting either the Z5200 or Epson 9890, do you all have comments on these 2 machines? My Z3200 has a gloss enhancer which helps minimising...

I've used the white Muji A3 file pockets. Simple and clear! :icon_biggrin: But now I keep an A2 portfolio because it is architectural works. I have supplement A5 booklets and maybe using an iPad for projected presentations.. :icon_tongue_smilie...