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Tip For Use Of Electric Decal Media
Posted by:
Bill Stevens
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Date: September 09, 2009 11:31AM
There are a lot of rodbuilders using the ink jet media to make decals for rods. Those of you who are using the stuff know that damage to the surface and maximum usage of the material are quite important. You may not have thought of the following:
1. Design your decal with the software you are using. If you only want to print one or two try the following. 2. Print the image using draft printer settings to a sheet of inkjet paper. You may even get lucky and place the image in a position on the paper that will see no printer roller contact. 3. Use sharp scissors to cut out a piece of the media with approximately 3/4 of an inch overlap on all edges. You can use up the scraps or the scrap pieces of paper with the long strike marks. 4. Tape the media over the top of the printed image with Scotch Tape with a 1/8 overlap to the media. 5. Print decal to media - allow to dry without handling surface 6. Do not attempt to pull off the tape - cut the tape section off with scissors or the roller cutter. The above procedures will minimize the damage to the full sheet of media caused by repetetive runs through the printer rollers and minimize the chance of handling damage. Maximum use of the media surface is obtained. Just in case new rodbuilders would like more information please click on the following link: [www.swamplandtackle.com] Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/09/2009 09:02PM by Bill Stevens. Re: Tip For Use Of Electric Decal Media
Posted by:
Chuck Mills
(---.grenergy.com)
Date: September 09, 2009 12:09PM
Hmmm... Old dog, new trick!
Sorry Bill! Great tip! Thanks! Re: Tip For Use Of Electric Decal Media
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
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Date: September 09, 2009 01:37PM
Thanks for confirming an idea I was thinking about the other day Bill!
I was printing on water-slide media and was down to 1/2 a sheet which is now a bit tricky feeding into my printer. I was wondering if I could just stick it down to a full sheet of stock paper and you just answered my question. That also addresses my dilemma with my printer and the metallic media. My printer has a habit of causing long streak lines in the media by the feed/alignment mechanism and I've ruined complete sheets of it. Running just the decal size piece through will save me LOTS of headach! THANKS! Oh, for others who may be experiencing the same line steaking, I've found that if I spray the metallic media with a covering sealer it survives the assault of my printers feed/alignment gizmo. Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: Tip For Use Of Electric Decal Media
Posted by:
William Bartlett
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Date: September 09, 2009 05:41PM
Wish I had known about this a week ago!! I ruined a half sheet of white vinyl by trying to print it on my HP printer!! Thanks for the tip Bill!! Bill in WV Re: Tip For Use Of Electric Decal Media
Posted by:
Lyle Stokes
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Date: September 10, 2009 09:08AM
Great information as always, thanks Bill. www.blackhorsecustomrods.com Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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