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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: octa805 on February 14, 2013, 01:37:01 AM

Title: Printer won't print on my inkjet waterslide paper?
Post by: octa805 on February 14, 2013, 01:37:01 AM
Howdy!

Using my standard boring inkjet printer at home to print out my waterslide decals. Done it plenty of times with no issue.

This time I did a mock-up on normal paper to check for sizing. Worked great. Only black ink.

Checked ink levels. Nominal. Near full black ink.

Went to print on waterslide........printed top portion in brown (even though I chose grayscale) and then faded out.

Tried to reprint. Nothing.

Tried again. Nothing.

I'm going to go back and try again on regular paper but man, so weird.

Ghost in the machine or weird printer setting? EH?
Title: Re: Printer won't print on my inkjet waterslide paper?
Post by: pryde on February 14, 2013, 01:54:33 AM
what program are you using for your graphics? Inkscape?
Title: Re: Printer won't print on my inkjet waterslide paper?
Post by: octa805 on February 14, 2013, 03:29:12 AM
Haha no. Not that advanced

I copy images off the web, put them in MS paint to edit and into Word to print
Title: Re: Printer won't print on my inkjet waterslide paper?
Post by: pryde on February 14, 2013, 01:23:06 PM
Sorry, don't think I can be much help then. I had that problem when using Inkscape to print. Otherwise, not really sure what you have going on?
Title: Re: Printer won't print on my inkjet waterslide paper?
Post by: octa805 on February 14, 2013, 05:04:52 PM
in case anyone else has this issue it sounds like it's more common than I thought.

haven't done the soaking in water bit yet to fix it but that's next

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Ink-Toner-Cartridge-Printhead-Issues/HP-Officejet-6500-E709n-printer-black-ink-not-printing/td-p/1353707/page/4