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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Decals via Laser Printer
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:45:44 GMT
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- In article <19NOV199209475989@vx.cis.umn.edu> soc1070 writes:
- >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.
-
- >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.
-
- Where do you get Fasson? I've heard that its the same as Fas-Cal. Fas-Cal
- is used by C/L combat fliers as covering. I'd like to find a cheap source.
-
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- >I have never seen the dry-transfer stuff, but I know its pretty popular
- >with the railroad folks. (that is, the pre-printed stuff).
-
- Hmmm isn't this the same stuff used by T-shirt shops? You know, where they
- xerox a picture then dry-transfer it to your T-shirt?
-
- >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.
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- I've heard of this but have yet to come across any. You can also suppo-
- sedly use an iron to do this.
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