Digital BW, The Print

Hi all,

Has anyone on the list had any experience printing onto Japanese tissue 
paper

I am contemplating trying to print onto some for lamination under the 
fibreglass on a Surfboard.

I'm not sure if the ink will wick onto the fibres or not.
However I am most interested in finding out what anyone might suggest 
using to tack the tissue paper onto to get it to feed through an Epson 3000

I am going to print long, around about 6' or about 165cms if you think 
in metric

I am almost thinking along the lines of very thin signage plastic and 
attaching or even taping then ends

thanks

Glenn

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Hello, I have printed on Japanese Gampi paper with great success. The paper is very thin and you have to help the paper feed through the printer but with care it can be done. One place that this paper can be bought is at Heromi paper in Santa Monica California. I hope that this helps. Steve

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Hi all,



Has anyone on the list had any experience printing onto Japanese tissue 

paper



I am contemplating trying to print onto some for lamination under the 

fibreglass on a Surfboard.



I'm not sure if the ink will wick onto the fibres or not.

However I am most interested in finding out what anyone might suggest 

using to tack the tissue paper onto to get it to feed through an Epson 3000



I am going to print long, around about 6' or about 165cms if you think 

in metric



I am almost thinking along the lines of very thin signage plastic and 

attaching or even taping then ends



thanks



Glenn



-- 

Yes I think I'm clever...



"As an artist I HAVE the right to refuse to answer any

questions"



"Human intelligence is a delusional rumour - nothing more"






    

     

    
    








  







 





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The tissue going through your printer may not be your only problem - you may
find the resin [or one of its constituents , I think its styrene?] will
cause the ink to "run" or "blur" when the board is glassed  . I strongly
suggest you experiment first by painting a coat of resin over a test pic and
see what happens! 
Best of luck!
Steve
 
 
  
Hi all,

Has anyone on the list had any experience printing onto Japanese tissue 
paper

I am contemplating trying to print onto some for lamination under the 
fibreglass on a Surfboard.

I'm not sure if the ink will wick onto the fibres or not.
However I am most interested in finding out what anyone might suggest 
using to tack the tissue paper onto to get it to feed through an Epson 3000

I am going to print long, around about 6' or about 165cms if you think 
in metric

I am almost thinking along the lines of very thin signage plastic and 
attaching or even taping then ends

thanks

Glenn

-- 
Yes I think I'm clever...

"As an artist I HAVE the right to refuse to answer any
questions"

"Human intelligence is a delusional rumour - nothing more"



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To this end I experimented, with good succes, with Moab Moenkopi Kozo paper, a Japanese style inkjet paper. print feeding is no problem whatsoever.

Joost

Hi Glenn -
I can't address how this will work or how you'll seal it onto the  
surfboard, but there's a product I bought
  at the photo show in NYC last year, from a company named InkAid.  
They call it Clear Semi-Gloss Precoat.
It can be applied to rice and tissue papers (2 coats), to give you a  
leak proof surface and it stiffens the paper
enough for it to travel through the printers without a problem. Six  
feet is pretty long- I've only seen 11X14 prints
from it, but in theory, it seems like the product would do the job.   
They are at www.inkAID.com

Clay Price

Glenn wrote:
Has anyone on the list had any experience printing onto Japanese tissue
paper

I am contemplating trying to print onto some for lamination under the
fibreglass on a Surfboard.



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On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Glenn Barry wrote:

> Has anyone on the list had any experience printing onto Japanese  
> tissue
> paper

Keep in mind that printers sense the lead edge of the sheet and the  
width of the sheet, so paper too translucent will fail to load.  
Backing on opaque (as well as stucturally sound) stock is the usual  
answer.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...


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