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fwd: re: full color decals

updated fri 14 mar 08

 

Fredrick Paget on thu 13 mar 08


>
>If you want to try it the US Rep. for Zimmer is :
>"Ron Manwiller"
>You can reach him for details.

You have to dedicate a machine to this toner. You can't just switch
it in and out as a 200 sheet purge is needed when you first load it.
That wastes a lot of toner.

>Fred Paget
>
>
>>So the special toner itself has the stains in it.
>>Where can I get the toner. This is a full service
>>printing company that I'm working for handling most of
>>the ads in the city. He has all the equipment. I know
>>of decal suppliers that I can get the paper but am
>>lost at finding the "special toner" for full color.
>>Sources? Thanks.
>>
>>Charles Hightower
>>http://www.hightowerpottery.com
>>
>>
>--- Fredrick Paget wrote:
>
>> > Memorial portraits as these are called here in the
>>> USA, are a nitche
>>> business here but are much more popular in some
>>> other countries such
>> > as southern Europe and the East. It goes back 150
>>> years done mostly
>>> by a darkroom process called gum bichromate that
>>> yields a black and
>>> white image on porcelain, glass , or enameled metal.
>>>
>>> Now days they use full color from laser printers
>>> loaded with a
>>> special ( and very expensive) toner containing
>>> ceramic stain. This
>>> is printed on decal paper and the decal is tansfered
>>> to the preferred
>> > substrate and fired on, leaving a permanent image .
>> >etc,......
>
>
>--
>
> Fred Paget
> Twin Dragon Studio
> Mill Valley, CA, USA
> fredrick@well.com
>
> Charter Member Potters Council


--
Twin Dragon Studio
Mill Valley, CA, USA

Charlie Hightower on thu 13 mar 08


Fred,
I think we are on the right road here. Thank you
greatly. We will be contacting Ron Manwiller.

Charles Hightower
http://www.hightowerpottery.com


--- Fredrick Paget wrote:

> >
> >If you want to try it the US Rep. for Zimmer is :
> >"Ron Manwiller"
> >You can reach him for details.
>
> You have to dedicate a machine to this toner. You
> can't just switch
> it in and out as a 200 sheet purge is needed when
> you first load it.
> That wastes a lot of toner.
>
> >Fred Paget
> >
> >
> >>So the special toner itself has the stains in it.
> >>Where can I get the toner. This is a full service
> >>printing company that I'm working for handling
> most of
> >>the ads in the city. He has all the equipment. I
> know
> >>of decal suppliers that I can get the paper but am
> >>lost at finding the "special toner" for full
> color.
> >>Sources? Thanks.
> >>
> >>Charles Hightower
> >>http://www.hightowerpottery.com
> >>
> >>
> >--- Fredrick Paget wrote:
> >
> >> > Memorial portraits as these are called here
> in the
> >>> USA, are a nitche
> >>> business here but are much more popular in
> some
> >>> other countries such
> >> > as southern Europe and the East. It goes back
> 150
> >>> years done mostly
> >>> by a darkroom process called gum bichromate
> that
> >>> yields a black and
> >>> white image on porcelain, glass , or enameled
> metal.
> >>>
> >>> Now days they use full color from laser
> printers
> >>> loaded with a
> >>> special ( and very expensive) toner containing
> >>> ceramic stain. This
> >>> is printed on decal paper and the decal is
> tansfered
> >>> to the preferred
> >> > substrate and fired on, leaving a permanent
> image .
> >> >etc,......
> >
> >
> >--
> >
> > Fred Paget
> > Twin Dragon Studio
> > Mill Valley, CA, USA
> > fredrick@well.com
> >
>
> > Charter Member Potters Council
>
>
> --
> Twin Dragon Studio
> Mill Valley, CA, USA
>
>
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