Sublimation printing onto acrylic.

[Mike Null]

I have and it works but the color selection is short. I needed aluminum, for example, and they don't make it.

[sunil jain]

Hello to everyone in this forum.

Mike:

Can you show me any of your work of cltt on acrylic substrate. also let me know which color laser printer supports best.

Thanks.

[Mike Null]

Sunil

I would ratehr somebody else recommend a printer as mine is a Panasonic about 6 years old and out of production. The brands I'd consider are Konica Minolta and Okidata.

I do very little transferring to acrylic but here is a name tag I just did along with a t-shirt and some brass plates.

[Larry Bratton]

I have a Konica Minolta 5450 and an Okidata 3400n. I had some problems with the Okidata which were posted here. The KM is a superior printer to the OKI for all purposes. You will great output from it for general use and CLTT transfer. I use Versatrans paper from Cactus. http://cactus-equipment.com/

[Martin Boekers]

Greetings, You might want to try a water slide decal. It's the same type of material that we used in our younger days for models. Todays version can be printed in an ink-jet or a laser copier. I've had better luck with the laser copier. I've found two versions one is transparent and the other on an opaque white background. It takes a bit of playing with initially on larger areas to smooth it out as it is very fragile. I love the material though and use it on ceramic, glass, candles etc. you will have to give it an overcoat (sealer) if you need it to stand up to abuse, but other than that it's pretty cool and versatile. You can find it at most hobby stores or do a search on the internet. A lot of companies handle it. One more thing a company Brooke Cutters has a system that through a coating and a UV process it will seal it to acrylic or crystal. (they use a water-slide decal in their process) Their web site is www.brookecutters.com they don't have much on that page about it but it will give you some contact info. They also provide custom jigsaw puzzles cut from your images fairly reasonable for one ups. Check them out.


Marty

[sunil jain]

Thank your Mike to show your work. It's great looking.

Thanks every one in this forum for their great ideas and suggestions on CLTT.

I am going for CLTT and expand my product range.