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Tips for Printing an E-tutorial

The major benefit of purchasing e-tutorials are the savings of postage and time, and they can be delivered almost instantly. This is a wonderful advantage if you are overseas or have to worry about customs. However, the end result will only be as good as the attention you put into printing it out. While regular, inexpensive copy paper is good enough for emails, recipes and other text content, good images require a little bit more.

Purchase a good quality premium or bright white paper for the brand of printer you have. (e.g. HP-Premium paper. Canon – Canon Paper) Matching the paper to your printer brand usually produces better results. It doesn’t have to be photo paper. I do state in the information of the packets how many photo pages are included. It is your choice to print on paper or photo paper, but the format of the page is for photo paper to get the best results. I usually place the photos at the end of the packet so you can just choose the page ranges you need to print for each paper type. Learn how to print only the pages you want. Take a moment to look through each page on a print preview and decide if you need them all, then make your selection.

Printed pages are not usually waterproof so a little care is required here also. Use plastic sheet protectors. If your monitor is in your studio or if you have a tablet, you may not need to print it out at all. Copyright applies to e-tutorials as much as printed works, so please respect the artist and don’t be tempted to share your e-tutorial.