Hi guys!
I'm having a little trouble getting my foil to look perfect and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I'm not sure how to explain what happens once I try foiling something and I can't find others with the same problem.
Basically, every time I run it through the laminator the actual words I printed all get coated beautifully but there is leftover foil on the edges. They aren't stuck to the page because once I rub it they go away, but it's almost like the foil doesn't 'cut' right. If I look at the piece of foil I just used the edges look all jagged.
Has anyone heard of this or had this happen to them?
Items I'm using:
Laminator: Cheap Scotch laminator in the 5mil setting (running it a couple of times through)
Printer: Brother HL-L2370DW
Paper:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018REFQMC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1Foil: Deco foil
I'm printing at the highest quality, my image is a vectorized pdf file, 300 DPI.
I've wasted so much paper and foil, please help!
Thanks,
Jess
Answers
I created it in Illustrator, saved it as a PDF and printed it from Adobe Acrobat.
Zooming in I really can't see anything in terms of stray toner.
This is a picture zoomed in at 1762%.
Joseph Tovar sells foils and other items and he is in that group. He provides support and is very knowledgeable. I'm fairly certain he can give you the info you need to get the results you want. Join the TMT group and post your question.
Good luck and persevere. You'll get it sorted out.
Thank you for the suggestion.
I will try that!