Hi, I want to get a printer for printing decals, and was wondering what you guys are using at the moment. I had a look in the achives for stuff about this- and the Epson 1520 and the Epson c-84 or c-82, samed the way to go, but these were fairly old posts and I can’t seam to locate these on the Epson web site.
I’m looking for all the usual stuff really- something that doesn’t bleed or fade and can handle the rice paper, A4 is fine and I use epoxy resin.
Thanks Guys
i use a lexmark 1290, it fades overtime when exposed to the sun. ( bottom logos still look like new!)
only the black prints remained black and look good.
i use epoxy…
i tape the the edges of the rice paper to an A4 , that’s the only
way the printer will take the rice paper.
Howzit ned, Epson is up to mdl# C-88 now which is better than earier models. I still use a C-82 and after 5 years it is still working fine. They run about $80 I think and they use Durabrite ink that won’t fade for 40 years. I have done decals, iron ons and to many laminates to count and the Epson C mdls are a great printer. They did have 1 flaw in the previous mdls, the little hose that pressurizes the ink cartriges would come loose but it’s an easy fix and the newer mdls probably don’t have this problem any more.Aloha,Kokua
Hey Lee
I’m using a Lexmark for this too, I tried taping the tissue to a sheet of A4 but the feed roller snagged up the tissue and clogged up. So I tried sandwiching the tissue between two pieces of A4 and auto feeding the first out…tissue now in place for printing, no snagging.
Peace!
hi dude,
weird… I cut the ricepaper 1/4 inch smaller than an A4 ( from all sides), then take 1/2inch tape
and run over the edges and wrap the excess to te other side of the page. ( yeah… it’s a free lap 
)
this makes the edges stiff and the printer takes it w/o problems.
i think it’s time to move on to a better printer like the epson.
all the hard labor over a board and finally laminating somt’ that is prone to fade…naahhh that’s not the way!
I tried tapping the tissue to paper but occaionally it would get snagged, now I just run the tissue through own its own and haven’t had any problems since.
Any body know if its safe to run decal tissue through a laser printer? Just we have a really expensive one at work (3 weeks old) and it does excellent quality prints, loads better than my crappy ink-jet lexmark. I don’t want to try if its going to burst into flames or commit suicide in any other way…
Peace!
Hi, Thanks for the advice, I tracked down a C-86 as the latest model of the Epson C serise, I’m in the UK and was looking on the Epson UK site, strangly you can’t buy it direct from there site. There is also a photo edition of this model, has any one been using theses for decals?
From what you are saying about the Lexmarks, they seam to have a few paper feeding snags and Epsons deal with this a little better am I barking up the right paper making tree:)
I’ve done the laser printer thing.
What I did was use some repositional spray adhesive and stick the tissue to a piece of copy paper. The key is to try and get a good flat bond without air pockets. It tends to curl up when you separate it afterwards but wets down really well.
I have an older inkjet, a HP Deskjet G85, I’ve been able to print directly onto rice paper without much headache. Colors are nice and lines are pretty sharp.
The G85 is a great machine and handles a wide range of media well. Watch out for fade on the inks. The colors are all dye based and, magenta especially, suffer from light fade.
Matt
Howzit tigermeat, Those dye inks will fade after about only 2-3 weeks if left in the sun. Archival ink ( UV resistant) is the only way to go. Epson,HP and Canon make printer that use archival ink, just make sure the model you buy uses it.Aloha,Kokua