How to Add Foil to Your Work With A Heidi Swapp Minc Machine or Laminator | The Happy Ever Crafter 

Money Manifestations it’s not the type of plastic for laminating something- its a specific type for running through this machine :)

That’s what I’m wondering…did you ever find out ?

I see no one has responded to your question...so I'll try to answer it. There are two kinds of laser printers. You can get a color laser printer...which, of course, prints the toner in colors. And you can get a monochrome laser printer...which prints only in black toner. When doing foiling, I understand it's very important to use black. I've had the Brother L2300D for three years now and love it. A lot of crafters own this machine. It is $99 on Amazon right now. I've done a bit of research and it's suggested to make some adjustments in the printer settings to get the best results. One thing I just discovered in a video I watched yesterday is that my printer allows me to manually feed my paper (one sheet at a time, of course) through the little door in the front of the printer. It keeps the paper from "rolling" in a curling motion through the printer. It feeds it straight through the machine. Also...you need to have the settings for the printer on "manual" feed and "thick" paper. Hope this helps a bit. I see that many of the questions in this feed for the video haven't been answered, so I hope this helps you.

Yes you can. I save all my scraps.

Hey James- I actually don't do iPad lettering. Sorry! I suggest www.ipadlettering.com :)

The Happy Ever Crafter ok. Love ur lettering it’s so beautiful I wish mine could be like this 😢😍😍😍

erikev respectfully disagree here- I’ve played with many many settings of darker/richer on my $50 laser printer and it doesn’t make a difference. Have also gotten professionally printed work to foil and it’s 100x better!

Some cheaper laser and LED printers that use toner, and not strictly laser printers, print in a series of dots even on the highest settings, if you look very close up. 10 to 15 years ago they didn't exist, and all printers would print up to 600 or 1200dpi solid, but a need for budget printers meant the top quality did suffer. Now you have to spend about $150 on a printer to get rich solid blocks.

Hi Vanessa, I hope I can help slightly. 1. I know a lot of people who actually print from a store and will foil at home, there isn’t a time limit. As you saw in the last part of the video she foils some paper from Heidi Swapp, that is probably at least over a month old and it works beautifully. If you can it I strongly recommend printing at a professional as their printers provide a much higher quality. 2. I can’t help you with this one, my only comment is I don’t think it will turn out the greatest. 3. Yes, you can only foil a section and leave the rest black. That is actually what caused her laminate folder to get dirty like that. My only issue is if you saw how the toner stained the paper as it is reheating, it creates a ugly mess. I actually cover my none foiling parts with paper and my folders have little to no toner stains on them, (I am very cheap with my supplies so I like to push them as far as possible) My best suggestion is get a box and save any scrap thin paper to protect your folder. I hope this will help.

@@julianika74 thank you!! Great advice :)

When I click printer link it goes to cutter LOL

Hey Bridgette... not sure I know what you mean! What fades?

@@TheHappyEverCrafter My original post should have stated, I am trying to apply foil to one section of a printed page. The section of print that is not foiled fades. If I cover the non-foiled print with a sheet of paper, the ink transfers to the paper. How do you go about foiling just one section of a printed page instead of foiling the entire page? Thank you.

Bridgette B are you using a transfer folder? What type of ink are you using that is fading? I’ve never seen that be an issue!

@@TheHappyEverCrafter yes I'm using the transfer folder. I am using copies from Staples. I just found out that I need to place parchment paper on top of the print that I am not foiling before sending it through the minc machine. Thank you so much for your help.