Re: computerized print on transfer.

cabosch (cabosch@pt.lu)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 14:22:31 +0100

Sil,

Thanks for your comments:

> I have made prints on the ALPS transfer film, and transfered it to art
> papers with excellent results. Not yet tested for permanence, but since
> the ALPS colors are pigments (and I have tested them, though empirically
> and not scientifically as yet), and the transfer medium is a wax or
> plastic, I would speculate the results would be as permanent as the
> pigments. At present, one of the transferred prints has accumulated
> approximately 20 hours of sunlight exposure (and our Florida sun can burn
> the human skin in 15 minutes!) with no visible degradation.

Is the ALPS printer better than Epson 800 or 1520?

May I change the inks?

What inks?

> The transfer method works very well, not only on T-shirts, but on heavy
> materials like mounting boards and plywood. If using the latter, I would
> recommend an archival intermediate layer (urethane varnish, lacquer, or
> archival paper) be mounted between the wood and the transfer.

But I don't want to do transfers on T-shirts. I want do it on Arches 185

Here in Luxembourg only T-shirt transfer film is available, could you tell
me, please,
if another kind of transfer film are available in USA or UK.?

What about sizing the paper ? (gelatine+formaldehyde, starch, Liquitex
gesso, etc)

All information about computerized print on transfer are welcome.

Thanks in advance


Carlos Bosch
41, rte d'Echternach
L- 6250 Scheidgen
Luxembourg
Tel/Fax: (354) 790236
cabosch@pt.lu