Well, looks like I was one of the "dirty dozen" to get a slot. Like most, I waited anxiously for the final release of the process to the industry and passed up other opportunities in anticipation. I have no doubt that Thom and his team have spent a lot of time and money on their process and it is something special - no one else has come to market with a color process, other than dye-sublimation and heat press transfer, for lasers. But, based on what's been posted on the forum over the past couple of days, I don't think I'm ready for "prime time" and will pass up my slot.
What I had hoped for, and really been looking for, is the intergation of the Thermark pigments into a printer that would either apply the colors directly onto the surface of the material, or onto a transfer sheet that then could be fused using the laser.
I have had a margin of sucess using the Thermark colors and using Corel to de-layer the graphic - it takes a lot of computer time and processing - but the results are encouraging.
Let's give Thom and Atomic Art a chance here - he's obviously proud and protective of his work - and rightly so - hopefully some of the forum members will get to the upcoming show and see it up close and ask some tough questions?
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