try THIS.
I think you'd need a special ink, quick drying ones as media has
special coating for the ink to adhere.
I want to print on a hard piece of plastic, approximately 4" x 4" square. The material is also approximately 1/4" thick. Does anyone think I could modify an old inkjet printer to feed this through? The material obviously will not flex through the rollers as is but maybe if I remove enough of the case to just slide it in through the rear?....
I have both an old Canon 1000 & a Canon 3000 to disassemble...
Has anyone experimented on something like this? I though I remember reading about someone who did this to print directly onto CD's but can not find it anymore.
or does anyone know where I should be looking?
Thanks
jeff
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try THIS.
I think you'd need a special ink, quick drying ones as media has
special coating for the ink to adhere.
mhel
"This is intentionally left blank."
Thanks - thats a good start. Now I'm off to destroy my old printer!! ;-)
I was also thinking I might have an ink "drying" problem - or I might have to adjust my material. This is still in the creation phase so I still have some flexability.
If anyone comes up with any great ideas, please let me know.
Jeff
Hi there. EPSON created a new type of ink. Your Cannon printers are not prepared to use it, because they are not PIEZO. Cannon uses the BUBLE JET technologies, like HP. That´s because the Epson ones got blocked-up...
Better search for another print head...
See ya! Ito-Brazil.
There's a new FlatJET from Roland DG that can print on anything up to 150mm thick (some models). It has a vacuum bed and they released new inks. I have seen the results on tile, MDF-board, fluted plastic sign sheet, plastic-faced cork mats etc.
Worth a look to get ideas, cuz you can't afford to buy one!
Regards, Terrence
Suppose you considered heat transfer already? Print the image - then heat tx it to the object. Just need to watch the plastic melting... Jim
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