Benoit Brault on thu 11 jul 02
Is anybody interested in an inkjet printer capable of printing ceramic
decals in one color for the moment black and white or blue.
The price is about 2500$ including the printer the a starting kit to make
100 of A4 decals, a licence. It works with any commercial software like
Photoshop or Coreldraw. It is ideal to print text black and white photos
etc.. It will be available by august.
John Vandermeulen on thu 11 jul 02
Hello Benoit Brault,
Would you inform me on just how this works, please? Does the printer print onto
blank decal material with ink? And this is somehow fired onto the bisqued pot? Is
the ink fired onto the pot? Or does the printer use slip to print????? I can not
visualize the connection between a printer using ink, and somehow firing something
onto a pot.
Many thanks,
John Vandermeulen
Nova Scotia
Benoit Brault wrote:
> Is anybody interested in an inkjet printer capable of printing ceramic
> decals in one color for the moment black and white or blue.
> The price is about 2500$ including the printer the a starting kit to make
> 100 of A4 decals, a licence. It works with any commercial software like
> Photoshop or Coreldraw. It is ideal to print text black and white photos
> etc.. It will be available by august.
>
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Martin Howard on fri 12 jul 02
A method I am trying to develop is to coat a fabric ribbon of a dot matrix
printer with ceramic ink. One colour only of course, but then one could have
several ribbon cartridges, each with a different ink coating.
It is simple technology. The points of the printer head just poke the ink
onto the decal.
At last it seems that enough potters are interested in something like this
for commercial applications to become available.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 6th July 2002
Alistair Gillies on fri 12 jul 02
In message <3D2E1782.17AEC328@ns.sympatico.ca>, John Vandermeulen
writes
>Hello Benoit Brault,
>Would you inform me on just how this works, please? Does the printer print onto
>blank decal material with ink? And this is somehow fired onto the bisqued pot?
>Is
>the ink fired onto the pot? Or does the printer use slip to print????? I can
>not
>visualize the connection between a printer using ink, and somehow firing
>something
>onto a pot.
>Many thanks,
>John Vandermeulen
I would be interested in the technology as well.
Alistair
Shropshire, England
Martin Howard on fri 12 jul 02
Frederick mentions
I had one, but passed it to friends in Poland when I upgraded.
Now I cannot find a manufacturer in GB who even remembers that kind of
machine.
Is it still made in the USA?
Love to get hold of one again.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 6th July 2002
Fredrick Paget on fri 12 jul 02
Wow! What a great idea.
I have everything needed to try it except time since I am flat out getting
ready for the Aomori Woodfire Conference. In my garage is an old Apple
imagewriter and a machine for putting ink on the exhausted ribbons, And I
have refill stampad ink for ceramics in two colors . The imagewriter
extension will still work on the new G4 computers too.
The only bad thing is that the imagry from the old dotmatrix printers is so
lousy.
The imagewriter will even work with a three color ribbon that Apple had
made. I can't reink one of those except by hand which would be a very
tedious job.
Fred
>A method I am trying to develop is to coat a fabric ribbon of a dot matrix
>printer with ceramic ink. One colour only of course, ........
>It is simple technology. The points of the printer head just poke the ink
>onto the decal.
.....
>Martin Howard
From Fred Paget, Marin County, California, USA
Wanda Holmes on fri 12 jul 02
The price may be out of my reach for the moment, but I would love to stay up
to date on the technology. wanda
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Subject: ink jet printer to make ceramic decals
Is anybody interested in an inkjet printer capable of printing ceramic
decals in one color for the moment black and white or blue.
The price is about 2500$ including the printer the a starting kit to make
100 of A4 decals, a licence. It works with any commercial software like
Photoshop or Coreldraw. It is ideal to print text black and white photos
etc.. It will be available by august.
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Fredrick Paget on sat 13 jul 02
I don't think it is still made, It was called the MacInker (TM)
and was made by Computer Friends, Inc, 14250 N.W.Science Park Dr.,
Portland, OR 97229. (503)626-2291
I looked for a web site for them and got one but they seem to be in the
advertizing and graphic design business now, if it is the same outfit???
Somebody in Portland call them and ask.
Fred
Agast at our treatment of Tony.
>Fredrick mentions
>
..........
>Is it still made in the USA?
>Love to get hold of one again.
>Martin Howard
From Fred Paget, Marin County, California, USA
Saic1984@AOL.COM on sun 14 jul 02
The problem that you would face, is that when you apply water, the image=20
would dissolve.
The reason decal paper exists....is to transfer the image, suspended between=
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the gum on the paper and the varnish cover coat, to the ware. The two layer=
s=20
hold the image in place until it is safely on the surface of the work, wher=
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it awaits firing.
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