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Re: Experiences with flatbed printing?
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Abraham Flexer <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 May 2007 17:24:07 -0600
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Labels printed on wood were common many years ago but were difficult 
to read unless the grain was very "tame" and the font quite large 
compared to spacing of the grain.  You could test both by printing 
the label copy on clear transparency film (remember overhead 
projectors?) and placing that over the wood of your choice.


At 03:18 PM 5/3/2007 -0700, you wrote:
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>Ever since we got our trusty HP DesignJet in the office here it's 
>been my little joke with my boss every year that we should put a 
>"Sintra printer" into the budget.
>
>Well, it appears the universe has called my bluff, and such things 
>actually now exist.  "UV curable flatbed printer" is the keyword... 
>print on any substrate!  Wood, plastic, metal, glass -- apparently 
>any reasonably flat thing you can lay down on the printer, it'll print on it.
>
>These things are still in the realm of service bureaus at this point 
>(I don't think my boss will spring for a $200k printer, regardless 
>of how geeky cool and useful it may be), but I just wanted to ask 
>for feedback from anyone who has had much of this sort of printing 
>done. Vendor?  Cost?  Process?  Durability?  Good/bad applications 
>of the technology?  Examples you've seen?
>
>We have a project in the pipeline for which large-format graphics 
>printed on wood and metal might be exactly the right look, so we're 
>trying to get a sense for how to approach it.  Thanks for any insight.
>
>--Allan
>
>
>
>
>--
>~~
>
>Allan Ayres
>Exhibit Developer
>Lawrence Hall of Science
>University of California, Berkeley
>Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
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>510-642-1254
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