Hi All,
I went through the transfer woes also and in my expermenting I stumbled onto a method that gives me a perfect transfer every time. I found a Cannon PC 320 portable lazer printer at a rummage sale for $5.00. When expermenting with my new found treasure I found that when a copy is being made on a lazer printer the ink is transfered to the copy medium in a powder form and then is passed through a heater or burner which melts the ink onto the copy medium. I found that by turning the printer off after the copy was made and before the copy reached the burner I could remove the copy from the printer with ink still in powder form on the surface of the copy medium. I found that the powdered ink would transfer from the copy medium to a metal surface with outstanding results. I tried to get a service tech to disable the burner but aparently it can't be done.
When making a transfer I first print a normal copy of the design to be transfered on plain white paper. I then cut out a piece clear plastic transfer medium a little bigger than the transfer and tape it over the image on the paper copy and put it back in the infeed tray. I then run a copy onto the transfer medium and shut the printer off before the copy reaches the burner. I then remove the copy from the copier as you would a paper jam. I then remove the transfer medium from the paper to which it was taped and reverse the tape so the tranfer is down. Don't touch the ink transfer because it will smear. I usually treat the metal surface to which the transfer is to be applied with a mixture of Damar varnish which has been cut 50% with acetone. The transfer is placed on the surface and taped down. I then run over the surface with a small metal roller across the surface and then up and down and the lift the transfer medium. When the transfer medium is removed it is once again clear with all the lazer ink being left on the metal surface. After the transfer has been made to the metal I apply a couple of coats of clear satin sheen spray can lacquar over the tranfer and after it has dried you have a surface that is durable and can be cut through with minimal chipping or peeling.
Roger Henrichs
I went through the transfer woes also and in my expermenting I stumbled onto a method that gives me a perfect transfer every time. I found a Cannon PC 320 portable lazer printer at a rummage sale for $5.00. When expermenting with my new found treasure I found that when a copy is being made on a lazer printer the ink is transfered to the copy medium in a powder form and then is passed through a heater or burner which melts the ink onto the copy medium. I found that by turning the printer off after the copy was made and before the copy reached the burner I could remove the copy from the printer with ink still in powder form on the surface of the copy medium. I found that the powdered ink would transfer from the copy medium to a metal surface with outstanding results. I tried to get a service tech to disable the burner but aparently it can't be done.
When making a transfer I first print a normal copy of the design to be transfered on plain white paper. I then cut out a piece clear plastic transfer medium a little bigger than the transfer and tape it over the image on the paper copy and put it back in the infeed tray. I then run a copy onto the transfer medium and shut the printer off before the copy reaches the burner. I then remove the copy from the copier as you would a paper jam. I then remove the transfer medium from the paper to which it was taped and reverse the tape so the tranfer is down. Don't touch the ink transfer because it will smear. I usually treat the metal surface to which the transfer is to be applied with a mixture of Damar varnish which has been cut 50% with acetone. The transfer is placed on the surface and taped down. I then run over the surface with a small metal roller across the surface and then up and down and the lift the transfer medium. When the transfer medium is removed it is once again clear with all the lazer ink being left on the metal surface. After the transfer has been made to the metal I apply a couple of coats of clear satin sheen spray can lacquar over the tranfer and after it has dried you have a surface that is durable and can be cut through with minimal chipping or peeling.
Roger Henrichs
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