| As a company that sells jerseys for various sports | | | | would really have no effect on the outcome of our |
| team across the nation, we often have the | | | | products. In our office, we print our digital art with an |
| opportunity of printing logos and numbers on the | | | | EPSON R1800 Inkjet Printer. The quality of the initial |
| jersey. In order to provide our service at a | | | | print with the given paper will work great with our |
| competitive price, we have recently decided to find | | | | setup. The research shows that Inkjet printers do |
| an alternative to the cost for the materials for | | | | just fine with vellum paper, whereas Laserjet printers |
| screen printing. While many of the choices that we | | | | don't seem to work as well for vellum paper. |
| could make could have a huge effect on the quality | | | | With this discovery, I decided to investigate further |
| of the finished jersey, we decided to look for an | | | | in this matter. One negative effect that the vellum |
| alternative that would not affect the quality. The | | | | paper can have is that it tends to shrink over time. |
| solution that we found was to replace the expensive | | | | This can be a problem if you are printing logos with |
| film with vellum paper. | | | | multiple colors. It can make it more difficult to match |
| Vellum, meaning a translucent white writing surface | | | | up the negatives after they have been filed over a |
| has been around for a long time. Originally it was | | | | long period of time. For our business, this tends to |
| used by the ancient Hebrews and was prepared | | | | not be a problem as most of the logos that we print |
| from animal skins. A few thousand years later, in the | | | | are only one color, which means that matching up |
| 19th century, a type of paper was created with | | | | patterns typically is not a problem for us. |
| similar characteristics to the ancient Hebrew vellum. | | | | With this decision, it appears that we will be able to |
| This paper, vellum paper, in now available in various | | | | save a little bit of money and therefore be able to |
| colors and sizes. For a screen printer, a | | | | more easily compete with the other screen printing |
| semi-translucent white vellum paper seems to be a | | | | businesses. Before this, we were paying nearly $1.00 |
| great cost alternative to the expensive film that can | | | | per 8.5 x 14 sheet of film, where as with this new |
| be used to transfer an image from a computer to a | | | | alternative, we will be paying roughly $.10 per sheet. |
| screen for printing. | | | | So, if you are using an Inkjet printer designing mostly |
| While researching into this alternative, I had to take in | | | | one color prints, go for the less costly alternative to |
| to account whether or not this would affect the | | | | the transparent film and start using vellum paper. |
| quality of the prints. I found that for our setup, this | | | | |