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EVen after taking all the care you can, it seems that using color ink jet printers for decals is kind of hit-and-miss. From my professional experience with these printers I'm not surprised. Another potential issue is longevitiy: most ink jet print fades rapidly in strong light and if you use unshielded fluorescents they emit a lot of UV. Not sure that the Epson oil-based inks offer a significant improvement in handling but they were designed to retain a quality image longer. <br /> <br />Having said all that, I've had excellent results with laser printers. You just need to find a shop that will let you run the decal paper through one of their copiers - not all will, but its not too tough. <br /> <br />Jacob makes an excellent point on raster versus vector. I use Coreldraw with great success and its cheaper than Photoshop.
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