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Printing WHITE graphics
How do you get a printer to actually print WHITE. My printer is omitting
white [treating as the absence of color]. Any way around this? HP DeskJet 722 printer |
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"seascape" wrote in message ... How do you get a printer to actually print WHITE. My printer is omitting white [treating as the absence of color]. Any way around this? HP DeskJet 722 printer ??? |
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"seascape" wrote in message ... How do you get a printer to actually print WHITE. My printer is omitting white [treating as the absence of color]. Any way around this? HP DeskJet 722 printer Almost all _desktop_ printers do that these days. It's hard to make an opache white ink. There used to be a printer made by ALPS that had a white ink cart but I don't think it's made now. There are professional printers that can but even they have problems. If you are trying to make decals - you can by white decal film. See also.. Long URLs may need repair... http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/printing/f/white_ink.htm http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1736279,00.asp http://www.large-format-printers.org...edprinters.htm http://www.bigpicture.net/index.php3...displaynow=yes |
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:48:14 -0600, "seascape"
wrote: How do you get a printer to actually print WHITE. My printer is omitting white [treating as the absence of color]. Any way around this? HP DeskJet 722 printer White is the non-printing area. Unless you use orange paper of course... -- Hecate - The Real One veni, vidi, reliqui |
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seascape wrote:
How do you get a printer to actually print WHITE. My printer is omitting white [treating as the absence of color]. Any way around this? HP DeskJet 722 printer "White" is just where the printer doesn't print. Use white paper. :-) If you want to print white onto some other coloured paper, it can't be done with what you've got. You need a printer that uses opaque white ink. Tricky business, that, always was, even before we had computerised printers. AFAIK only commercial printers can do that - wanna spend a kilobuck to two? |
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Thanks. Yes, I'm trying to print window decals on transparencies and need
White so they show up on tinted glass. "CWatters" wrote in message ... | | "seascape" wrote in message | ... | How do you get a printer to actually print WHITE. My printer is omitting | white [treating as the absence of color]. Any way around this? | | HP DeskJet 722 printer | | Almost all _desktop_ printers do that these days. It's hard to make an | opache white ink. | | There used to be a printer made by ALPS that had a white ink cart but I | don't think it's made now. There are professional printers that can but even | they have problems. | | If you are trying to make decals - you can by white decal film. | | See also.. | | Long URLs may need repair... | | http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/printing/f/white_ink.htm | | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1736279,00.asp | | | http://www.large-format-printers.org...edprinters.htm | | http://www.bigpicture.net/index.php3...displaynow=yes | | |
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Not with your printer, to the best of my knowledge.
Most inkjet printers use the white of the paper to both create white area as well as to present the brightness for the inks, as they are at best translucent or even transparent. I have heard rumors of white inks being made that work with inkjet printers, but it would be very difficult to do, because the white has to be an opaque pigment, with quite a density of pigment at that, to cover other colors. That is likely to either dry very slowly or clog the heck out of the ink heads. There are other printing technologies that can use white ink (wax transfer, solvent, etc.) but these tend to be more costly printers. Art seascape wrote: How do you get a printer to actually print WHITE. My printer is omitting white [treating as the absence of color]. Any way around this? HP DeskJet 722 printer |
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How much most costly? A good ink jet can be bought for $200 these days.
A white ink printer [to print on transparency decals for Home/Car Windows, etc..] wax xfer, solvent, etc. I haven't been able to find any of these alternate white printing printers, so I have no idea if they are $500, $1000, or more for the cost of the printer to do it? Thanks "Arthur Entlich" wrote in message news:esHSd.25328$NN.16538@edtnps89... | | There are other printing technologies that can use white ink (wax | transfer, solvent, etc.) but these tend to be more costly printers. | | Art |
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"seascape" wrote in message ... How much most costly? A good ink jet can be bought for $200 these days. A white ink printer [to print on transparency decals for Home/Car Windows, etc..] wax xfer, solvent, etc. I haven't been able to find any of these alternate white printing printers, so I have no idea if they are $500, $1000, or more for the cost of the printer to do it? I think they are mainly (only?) large format like this.. http://www.large-format-printers.org...edprinters.htm or http://pira.atalink.co.uk/printing-and-prepress/115 More discussion... http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbth...b=5&o=&fpart=1 |
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Usually, unless there has been a change in technologies, several
thousands of dollars (I would guess between 4K and the sky), but you can do some research on Google, looking up solvent ink printers. Try: http://www.large-format-printers.org...t_printers.htm http://www.tradebrigade.com/html/kit_list.html http://www.bigpicture.net/index.php3...displaynow=yes Mimaki Mimaki has recently introduced two new UV printers. The UJV-110 is capable of printing at up to1200 x 2400 dpi and also utilizes white ink. Also new is the flatbed UJ F-605C UV inkjet plotter, which prints up to 1200 x 2400 dpi and features white ink as well. So, how did I find these amazing references... In Google type in: "solvent ink" +printer +"white ink" and like magic, 132 references come up. Art seascape wrote: How much most costly? A good ink jet can be bought for $200 these days. A white ink printer [to print on transparency decals for Home/Car Windows, etc..] wax xfer, solvent, etc. I haven't been able to find any of these alternate white printing printers, so I have no idea if they are $500, $1000, or more for the cost of the printer to do it? Thanks "Arthur Entlich" wrote in message news:esHSd.25328$NN.16538@edtnps89... | | There are other printing technologies that can use white ink (wax | transfer, solvent, etc.) but these tend to be more costly printers. | | Art |
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