I’m trying to make fake credit cards for my son’s themed birthday party
Your best bet is to print on a heavy paper (a card stock will do) and the have them laminated. Trying to run any kind of plastic through an inkjet printer will jam the printer. Even if you could run the plastic through the printer, plastic requires special inks. Inkjet ink will smudge/not dry on plastic. You might even consider just printing on a good quality photopaper for inkjet printers, then getting the fake id cards laminated. That will give you some thickness for the cards and also makes sure they are glossy both from the paper and the lamination. Many office supply stores offer laminating services as well as printing and copying services.
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November 14th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Your best bet is to print on a heavy paper (a card stock will do) and the have them laminated. Trying to run any kind of plastic through an inkjet printer will jam the printer. Even if you could run the plastic through the printer, plastic requires special inks. Inkjet ink will smudge/not dry on plastic. You might even consider just printing on a good quality photopaper for inkjet printers, then getting the fake id cards laminated. That will give you some thickness for the cards and also makes sure they are glossy both from the paper and the lamination. Many office supply stores offer laminating services as well as printing and copying services.
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