This goes back about 15 years. I simply bought the pigments from the
Montreal Xerox supplier. BTW, despite what my email address might
indicate, I have no connection with any university either. I simply
did enough volunteer work for the local U on subjects related to my
Encyclopedia, that I managed to "guiltrip" them into giving me a
"free" account.
>
> 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.
I think that you are talking about a 3M product that has been around
for at least 15 years. You put your logo on a graphic arts copy board,
and shoot it with this material. After wet processing, it becomes like
a regular dry transfer material (aka Letraset)
Luis Nadeau
>
>Again, thanks for your reponse. More later.
>
>Meri Aaron Walker
>mkitchens@infomail.com
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