NA> Years ago, when I was looking for a set of permanent pigments to with
NA> the tricolor carbon process, I bought a set from Xerox and tested it
NA> myself in my own fadeometer. The pigments were much better than
NA> conventional color prints, although after a long time, the yellow
NA> started to fade slowly.
Thanks for your reply! Do you recall who (or which dept/division) at Xerox you
spoke with? I'm quite serious about this and would like to investigate Xerox as
well. But, I am not at this point allied with any university, nor am I in a
major metropolitan area, and the local Xerox reps have been no help to date.
NA> I also had a request from someone who wanted to know if it
NA> would be possible to produce some sort of "dry transfer" (e.g.
NA> Letraset type material) with a material that could be used in a laser
NA> printer or office copier. The idea is to produce say, fine calligraphy
NA> on a computer, make it appear on some sort of plastic material through
NA> a laser printer or copier, and then transfer the image, text,
NA> whatever, to paper, cardboard, etc. Can your process do that?
It would be difficult for any typical office worker to apply the polymer plate
(rubbing, as in dry transfer, wouldn't work) because it takes a lot of heat and
a lot of pressure. I'm using a commercial press at the moment that most offices
wouldn't have. But, it could be done. I don't think it would be worth the
trouble, myself, and I've used dry transfers for years. But, if it was large
enough... it might be worth a try.
Are you aware that there are companies that produce custom dry transfers (color
and b&w) for commercial art applications? I don't know how they do it, but
there's a pretty serious market for the product, I understand, amongst
high-dollar advertising agency-types.
Again, thanks for your reponse. More later.
Meri Aaron Walker
mkitchens@infomail.com
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