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- Subject: Re: Decals via Laser Printer
- Message-ID: <19NOV199209475989@vx.cis.umn.edu>
- Summary: Any pointers?
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:47:00 GMT
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- Edmund Hack writes...
-
- >I was reading the tech report series from NCR on High Power Rocketry
- >and in the section on finishing techniques, they mention a couple of methods
- >of making decals using laser printers.
- >
- >First, there is a kind of clear film that is adhesive that will go through
- >the printer and make a self-stick decal. Anyone used it and have a pointer
- >to a brand name and cost?
- >
- >Second, they mention there is a type of film that can be processed in a
- >laser printer to make dry transfer decals. Again, anyone used it and
- >have a pointer to the brand name and cost?
- >
- >I'd like to make up a sheet or two of Name/NAR #/TRA # decals or transfers.
-
- As a computer graphics person, I have done quite a bit of experimenting
- with laser printers and making my own rocket art. I mostly stick with
- clear sticky-back type stocks, they are the cheapest and most available.
-
- I use Fasson brand, and I think its 1.5 or 2 mil. thick. It works good for
- large models but is a little thick for small scale stuff. It curls right
- out of the laser while it cools. Don't worry, though. It doesn't distort.
-
- Toner chips very easily off of the smooth finish, so be careful and as soon
- as you can, spray on an over coat of clear flat enamel or laquer. I tape
- the sheet down to cardboard then spray, Leave it for a day or so. This also
- makes it lie flat.
-
- I know that blank water transfer stock is available, but its about $3 for
- an 8.5 x 11 sheet. Use same method as above to preserve the image. This is
- usually available at model railroad shops.
-
- I have never seen the dry-transfer stuff, but I know its pretty popular
- with the railroad folks. (that is, the pre-printed stuff).
-
- One other option that I have wanted to try is the heat-transfer colors.
- Once you have a laser image, you lay a piece of special colored film
- over the image and heat either with an iron or re-run the sheet through
- the laser and let the fuser do the work. The color then attaches to the
- toner.
-
- Most of these colors are metallic, but there are some standard, non-
- metallic colors as well. Letraset was the first company to market
- the color transfer stuff.
- ------
- Tim Harincar Millions long for immortality
- Central Minnesota who don't know what to do with
- Association of Rocketry themselves on a rainy Sunday
- soc1070@vx.cis.umn.edu afternoon. -Susan Ertz
-