Hi all,
Well as i mention, I want to know what the general feeling is when you find a printlane on a psa 9 or psa 10 card, specially, when you had not appreciated in the photos at the tiem of purchasing. In my case, i recently bought a psa 9 dark charizard which looks really perfect in photos, also i ask for more pictures, nevertheless, when it comes I noticed that there was a printlane that was certainly noticeable under the light, I have been thinking for a while if I am really happy with the acquisition, since the printlane certainly seems annoying, but at the same time, I think I prefer that to other types of defects on a psa 9 What is your opinion?
Iād rather have a print line than surface wear. Atleast the print line came from the factory
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Honestly print lines are the least of my concern.
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Neo genesis lugia would like to say a word
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Just not on my delta species cards, otherwise I think Iām okay with them.
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Itās a minor thing for me. There would be cards that I would never own if I waited for print line free cards.
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Printlines are non existant as far as im concerned. They dont really take away from a card, but rather add to it for me.
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Hereās my list from most to least bothersome.
- holo scratches
- numerous holo print lines
- edgewear
- corner wear
- weld lines
- front centering
- silvering
- a single holo print line
- back centering
Print lines are definitely bothersome to me if they occur in number (i.e., Neo Genesis with 5-20 print lines per card), but a single print line does not bug me at all.
Thereās also a distinction between print lines on the surface of the holo (e.g., WoTC era) and print lines that occur due to the joining of the foil sheets (e.g., āweld linesā from the EX era). Weld lines do not bug me as much as numerous print lines.
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Cosmos lines bother me significantly more than galaxy. I donāt consider them to be the same.
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If I paid extra for some kind of premium grade like PSA 10 it would bother me. On a PSA 9 thatās no problem. Maybe the exception is Delta Species cards because the print seams on those are really noticeable
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I really dislike print lines on reverse holo cards. On holos, especially old back it doesnāt bother me at all though
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Print lines over the artwork bother me more than pretty much any defect that doesnāt cover the artwork (edge wear, centering, etc).
In sets that are plagued by print lines, hunting the rare copy that doesnāt have one can be fun, especially since grading companies donāt seem to really consider them at all.
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Holo print lines dont really bother me. I am slightly bothered when the print line is like a full black line going from border to border. If I was buying a 10 i would probably be mildly annoyed, but I would take a holo print line over centering, scratches, whitening. Its the least offensive form of card imperfection for me.
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In general for me I donāt really care since I donāt really bother to collect perfect cards in the first place. A lot of cards in my collection have flaws to begin with so one with print lines would fit right in haha. Plus if itās ungraded, itāll be wrapped in a bajillion layers anyways so I wouldnāt be able to see it.
They donāt bother me especially when considering a binder collection. I even find the ex-era ones kinda ācharmingā.
However Iām trying to avoid noticeable ones when searching for graded cards, since it just feels natural to buy the best looking slab.
So, in the end, I donāt have any strong feelings towards them: theyāre not desirable but the card is still technically mint/NM.
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Print lines look great in a binder 
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We think the same on most things! Bothers me when people lump everything into a single āprintlineā category when thereās a big difference between straightline scratches from factory and a normal characteristic of the cards construction
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Welcome to the forum @Rubenpkmn !
Print lines are very low on my concern list for PSA9ās.
I typically prioritize front centering & front surface as those are the what my eye can detect at arms length while on display.
Especially front centering with the yellow borders.
I agree with your list, by the way, i didnt know it is a different between Weld lines and print lines, it is always great to learn something!
First of all, thank you for all the comments really appreciate it. I have been reading this forum for a couple of years, but i never think about creating an account and post something, so i was a bit scare hahah. Related to the topic i would like to say that i am less worried, i think i was overthinking it a bit, as far as that was my favorite card and i really love it. By the way, i let here a video of my card, what do you think?