How to Print on Inkjet Transparencies

Video Transcript

"Now we're going to discuss how to print transparencies through your printer. First thing you need to do is purchase some transparencies. The next thing you do is once you get those, you'll need to load the print, you'll need to load them into your print tray. Now keep in mind that depending on the model of your printer, you may be able to load 'em in the print tray, you may have to feed them through one at a time. So you need to check your printer's documentation to make sure. Most printers that can take them in the print tray, usually there's a limit that they recommend and if you put, you know, if you exceed that limit, it could cause all sorts of nasty things to happen to your tray, so make sure, check your documentation, don't put more transparencies in then your computer, than your than your printer can handle. Now keep in mind, when you print to a transparency, when it first comes out, you let it cool, it's going to look a little different. You're not going to see anything white because the transparency, the projector itself is going to provide that white color in the background that would normally be, on the pap, supplied by the paper itself. So again, once you print this out, it's going, you're going to see, you're diff, you'll see black and white or the various, you know, or the colors, except for white. You're not going to see white at all. But don't be alarmed, when you put the transparency on the projector, it'll look just fine. Once the transparencies are loaded, you'll want to go to file and print or the equivalent in this case, like you would any other normal document. Once you go to print, the print preferences, the print preferences will come up. The print preferences will come up. Once here, click the preferences button. You'll see several tabs. Go to the paper and quality tab. This may look a little bit different depending on your printer, but it's usually pretty much the same. So it'll be something like paper, paper quality, you'll, it'll be pretty obvious, it'll stick out. Come down here to where you have the, it's anywhere, explains what the type is. Defaults the plain paper. We don't want plain paper in this case, so click more, go through, find transparencies. If you're using the official brand name transparencies that go with your printer in this case, choose that. We're not doing that so we're going to choose other transparency film, then click Ok. Now that's set, click Ok again. That will take you back to the main print screen. Choose multiple pages or any other options that you want to choose here and click Print."