printing on acetate sheets

melekalikimaka

has anyone tried this, what would be the best method, i'd be using a number of colours, nothing crazy tho. and whats the best type to use? not even sure if here is a good place for this question, i chose here cos printing is a important process here <in before moans:)>.

stcstc

i have a roll film that is like acetate

i used it to make graphics for a nightclub

solid looking type works best

melekalikimaka

solid looking type?if i has stencils with solid colours, would the black hold back light from a flash?

stcstc

No it wouldn't hold back light completly, ink isn't truly opaque so you would see light through

another option is I could cut text out of a board using my computer mount cutter when it arrives, you could then fill the holes with coloured gel or prints on clear film etc

melekalikimaka

stcstc wrote: »

No it wouldn't hold back light completly, ink isn't truly opaque so you would see light through

another option is I could cut text out of a board using my computer mount cutter when it arrives, you could then fill the holes with coloured gel or prints on clear film etc

when would it arrive?:D

your a fountain of problem solvingness

stcstc

being shipped from Switzerland on 16th so maybe a week after that

melekalikimaka

if i were to stack the sheets, would that work? see i need them asap, like end of weekend.

stcstc

not sure, lightbox material might work better

hbr

melekalikimaka wrote: »

has anyone tried this, what would be the best method, i'd be using a number of colours, nothing crazy tho. and whats the best type to use? not even sure if here is a good place for this question, i chose here cos printing is a important process here <in before moans:)>.

What kind of printing process? You can get acetate film for Inkjet and Laser printers. I have had good results with Stephens brand inkjet film on my HP inkjet and Staedtler Lumocolor film on my monochrome 1200dpi laser printer.

Don't use inkjet film in a laser printer. The heat from the fuser roller will melt it into a horrible and potentially very expensive mess.

stcstc

i use a HP clear film

its not the cheapest, but its very good, i have done a bunch of acrylic panels for a nightclub with it.

th only thing thats a pain is the printer cant see the end so it cant load it, you have to stick a line of tape on the end so the printer has something to see

its 835 or something wide too so can do quite large pieces with it

at some point i gonna try making a big digital print negative and do some contact prints from it. but just not got round to it yet

hbr

stcstc wrote: »

only thing thats a pain is the printer cant see the end so it cant load it, you have to stick a line of tape on the end so the printer has something to see

The Stephens film has a strip of white paper bonded to one edge. This lets the printer 'see' it and it also gives the printer feed mechanism a slightly coarse surface to grab.

stcstc

the film i use has white edge but the epson doesnt just use the edge

it need something along the whole leading edge