Digital BW, The Print

I decided to make my own Christmas cards this year (boredom set in).  I
bought a box of 30 pre-scored cards and envelopes from CompUSA for $10
(Avery heavyweight half-fold cards, textured, #3378).  Printing with
pigments won't work, but printing on the less-textured side with Canon dye
inks was close enough (the paper is uncoated).  The Canon i950 driver lets
you set the high-res and photo features with plain paper.  With the Canon
you can load 10 at a time and print time is fast.  Then turn them over and
print the message, from MS Word.  I did make the same card with HM German
Etching on the 2200 with the IP profile and it was obviously better, but:
for 99.9% of the recipients this will be "close enough" and is fairly
effortless.  For the remainder I will use HM.  Since things are set up a few
more boxes of cards will suffice.  The paper and envelopes are 30c.  I don't
know what ink costs but it can't be much.  Obviously if you need more than
100-200 cards some other solution is indicated.

Regards,

  --Ken Carney
    www.kencarney.com  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Haney [mailto:jhaney@...] 
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 10:22 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Card Stock (10x7)
> 
> 
> I am using Moab Entrada 10x7 prescored stock.
> 
> I am printing using QTR from a Mac to a 2200 and getting 
> great results, but not without a bit of pain.
> 
> Things I have learned: