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Printers for weaving
Posted by:
Jim Meallows
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Date: December 05, 2010 01:49PM
I am really enjoying doing weaving and as I look through the works of art some of you have done I have noticed what looks like full size color printouts. I am thinking of investing in a laptop and a printer to use in my shop for this purpose and I would like some recommendations from those of you with experience in this as to what kind of printer and/or software I should be looking for. The printouts look much larger than regular size copy paper and ideally I would like to print it out in color on graph paper to make left lists easier to create
Thanks Jim I am just blown away by some of the weaves I am seeing here. Re: Printers for weaving
Posted by:
Paul Lindsey
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Date: December 05, 2010 03:59PM Re: Printers for weaving
Posted by:
Ellis Mendiola
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Date: December 05, 2010 07:07PM
I have an old HP Deskjet 932C that I bought in '94 and has served me well. It is an ink jet type of printer. Until a couple of weeks ago I was using a cross stitch pattern maker called PCStitch to make my patterns. For some reason it will not load properly on my new computer. The pattern maker software allows me to make my patterns as large as two little squares per inch-that is big. I have made and printed all letters of the alphabet indivdually on 8.5X11 inch pages. Sometimes I print my fish patterns so big that I need to print them on three pages. When I do that, I just trim the edges and tape the pages together. I have poor eyesight now and the large patterns help alot. Re: Printers for weaving
Posted by:
David Boyle
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Date: December 06, 2010 02:33PM
VisualWEAVE lets you specify the number of grid cells per inch to print. When it prints out on multiple pages you can then join the pages, similar to what Ellis suggested.
A printer that prints on larger paper would make this easier. Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net Re: Printers for weaving
Posted by:
John Repaci
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Date: December 06, 2010 03:57PM
Hi, Jim,
HP Designjet printers used in engineering offices are excellent printers; B&W and color Holds paper rolls. See HP's website. Good Luck I see you are making great advances with your "new" stuff. "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." Mark Twain John in Wethersfield, CT Re: Printers for weaving
Posted by:
Ken Bonneau
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Date: December 06, 2010 05:44PM
Jim,
I generally print on 4-6 pages and cut/tape them together, Visual Weave is GREAT when it comes to increasing cell size etc. Much easier to see and work with Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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