Media for Brother MFC-6490W

The ink in the cartridge is not suitable for vellum or mylar. You would need to fill one with matte black drafting ink and the would probably end up clogging your inkjet heads because it drys very fast.

Had the same problem many years ago when I moved from dot matrix to inkjet printing, so I quit using vellum and mylar.

I've moved to 24lb, 96+ brightness, laser print bond paper and print as many copies as required.

I have a vintage pen plotter that is in excellent condition if you are still interested in staying with vellum and mylar.

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> The ink in the cartridge is not suitable for vellum or mylar. You would need to fill one with matte black drafting ink and the would probably end up clogging your inkjet heads because it drys very fast.
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> Had the same problem many years ago when I moved from dot matrix to inkjet printing, so I quit using vellum and mylar.
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> I've moved to 24lb, 96+ brightness, laser print bond paper and print as many copies as required.
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> I have a vintage pen plotter that is in excellent condition if you are still interested in staying with vellum and mylar.
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> 😉

Thanks for the info. I had no idea that would be the case. No, I am not looking for a full blown plotter, I don't do enough work for that. I can go to the local print shop and get one done for about $3.

Thank you again.

Not to hijack te thread, all of the cities and counties in my area require record plats to be plotted on mylar and must be no smaller than 18" x 24" in size. Also, saintary sewer as built survey maps must be on mylar plotted in ink. That rules out the use of a copier to plot them.

> Not to hijack te thread, all of the cities and counties in my area require record plats to be plotted on mylar and must be no smaller than 18" x 24" in size. Also, saintary sewer as built survey maps must be on mylar plotted in ink. That rules out the use of a copier to plot them.

no problem Steve. Not the same here. The town where I did the work (my town - Christiansburg) does not require any mylars at all, originals or anything. As long as I give them 5 paper copies at the end, they are happy. No size requirement either. Many get the project on one 17" x 22" sheet, and I could too, but I don't have a full size plotter, so I use 2 - 11" x 17" sheets. One for certs, notary, notes and approval blocks, etc. and one for the plat part. BTW: 17" x 22" is the largest our county will record.

If the project was in the Town of Blacksburg, I would have to supply them a mylar at the completion of the project. But they are the only town near me that requires one.

I wish we could submit record plats on paper. It is getting harder to buy mylar as that fewer suppliers keep it in stock. The various governments have not changed their plotting requirements since bluelines have become obsolete. The regs say they must be on mylar despite the fact they are not retained after recording. They call the surveyor and ask us to come get them or they will be destroyed!
The only exception is the Environmental Services Department (sewer) which does keep them and believe that injkjet plots have a longer shelf life than toner plots.
I should add that most surveys never see any governmental entitity as that Alabama is a non - recording state.

Carl,

There is a mail order company called Dataprint that has the mylar you want. The mylar is 4 mil but you can only print on one side so it dries. Yes I have printed on the wrong side and after five days it is still not dry. Monday morning when I get to the office I will get you more information.

Floyd

What Floyd said. I use a special Mylar made for inkjets in my HP 500's. The ink is dry as soon as it comes off the printer. If I use regular Mylar, it will smear even after drying for two days. Have a Brother like yours too and really enjoy it, but only use it to scan and fax.

Bruce

No problem Steve, just get the municipal government to change the code in acknowledgment it is an archaic and expensive requirement. Better the resources be spent on digital submissions such as pdf and funding a usable data base rather than the maintenance and upkeep of physical records.

The entire reason vellum was, and mylar is, the standard is because it reproduces so well. I can do any size required as a pdf, with less than 400 bucks in software, and it can be utilized only when needed rather than requiring a staff to maintain records.

If it can be read, it can be scanned, digitally archived, and a legal chain of custody of primie facie records established. A single hard copy signed and sealed document attesting to the authenticity of the data should satisfy that.

He Ain't Heavy

As was said, wrong ink. There is a photo quality ink set that may work on mylar, check with any of the big box office places.

I drag mine from motel to motel, hardly the most portable all in one out there, but the ability to print 11"x17" has been a quantum leap for me in productivity, now do a single print, take it to the jobsite and let the bevy of bureaucracy have at it.

Concrete tickets, if properly prepped and all wet concrete removed first, will sheet scan from the transparencies in grayscale perfectly.

For a mobile office, I'll give up my cell before I'll give up my Brother.

Carl,

Hope this helps.

http://www.dataprint.com/Store/c-847-intelicoat.aspx

Floyd

> Carl,
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> Hope this helps.
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>> http://www.dataprint.com/Store/c-847-intelicoat.aspx
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> Floyd

Thanks Floyd!

I'll take a gander at it!

Carl

PL,
You probably have heard about all the financial and criminal problems that have occured with Jefferson County officials the past few years. Almost all of the county commissioners who have served in the past 20 years along with several former department heads in the Environmental Services office are serving time in federal prison. It would take an act of congress to get them to undertake any change in policies. The county is still paying off 1995 federal fines when raw sewage overflowed treatment facilities and ended up in the Cahaba River, a federally protected stream.
In addition, there are over 35 cities within the county that have their own developmental regulations. When you try to talk to anyone, they usually say that it has always been in the reg's, and they have no idea what happens to the plats once they are recorded at the County.
It is like trying to swim upstream.

Know what you mean, was being a bit facetious having dealt with Jefferson Co. a time or two in the permitting stage.

We can simply hope all the petty kingdoms collapse under their own weight.

Oh, did I mention War Eagle?

> Oh, did I mention War Eagle?

No, you didn't. When asked who I was for in the big game, I told people that I was for Auburn but wouldn't cheer for them.