04-04-2012, 10:21 AM
Hi,
Thanks for adding this interesting thread David. Yes the dial is neat.
As you rightly say when it comes to printing Gary has gone into this in great detail with stunning results.
A few years ago I tried various methods of printing vintage radio logos but then ran out of time due to more pressing jobs. One thing I tried was to ask our local printing company to print an A4 sheet of white inkjet water-slide decal paper completely with gold ink. I then ran this sheet through my inkjet printer to add the non metallic colours only to fail miserably as the ink sat on the surface as thousands of tiny droplets and didn't want to dry. Had the idea worked this printing company would have only charged me £25 for each colour set up and I had to supply the decal paper. With a Bush radio logo only having three colours it would be possible to print lots of A4 sheets off for £75 but it would not be financially viable because the demand would not be there to justify the cost
I too bought from Crafty Computer Paper which is a good company to deal with but rather expensive when it comes down to experimenting.
The old ALPS Printers are the way to go but these tend to be expensive although the inks are still available; it is the metallic colours which cause the problem such as gold colour as standard printers cannot print these colours. I watched a video of an Alps printer at work and these printers print one colour only at a time but for multiple colours the paper is printed as normal then drawn back into the printer each time adding another colour; it looked rather crude in action but worked extremely well. I did enquire at our local "Staples" at the time and found out they can print white which is yet another colour standard printers cannot print.
I had considered using an old printer cartridge and filling it with gold coloured ink just to see what would happen but never got around to trying it.
Off-topic is wonderful because it gives a great deal more information and includes many useful tips which if strictly adhering to topic would be lost.
I'd like to hear other members expand on the subject of printing; Gary's radio logo's are just brilliant but screen printing was involved if my memory serves me correctly. I also looked into doing screen printing at home and there are a number of interesting videos on "You-tube", it's possible more videos have been added since I played around with the project. One thing is certain; it is a fascinating subject once you start looking into it and it opens up a whole new way of life.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks for adding this interesting thread David. Yes the dial is neat.
As you rightly say when it comes to printing Gary has gone into this in great detail with stunning results.
A few years ago I tried various methods of printing vintage radio logos but then ran out of time due to more pressing jobs. One thing I tried was to ask our local printing company to print an A4 sheet of white inkjet water-slide decal paper completely with gold ink. I then ran this sheet through my inkjet printer to add the non metallic colours only to fail miserably as the ink sat on the surface as thousands of tiny droplets and didn't want to dry. Had the idea worked this printing company would have only charged me £25 for each colour set up and I had to supply the decal paper. With a Bush radio logo only having three colours it would be possible to print lots of A4 sheets off for £75 but it would not be financially viable because the demand would not be there to justify the cost
I too bought from Crafty Computer Paper which is a good company to deal with but rather expensive when it comes down to experimenting.
The old ALPS Printers are the way to go but these tend to be expensive although the inks are still available; it is the metallic colours which cause the problem such as gold colour as standard printers cannot print these colours. I watched a video of an Alps printer at work and these printers print one colour only at a time but for multiple colours the paper is printed as normal then drawn back into the printer each time adding another colour; it looked rather crude in action but worked extremely well. I did enquire at our local "Staples" at the time and found out they can print white which is yet another colour standard printers cannot print.
I had considered using an old printer cartridge and filling it with gold coloured ink just to see what would happen but never got around to trying it.
Off-topic is wonderful because it gives a great deal more information and includes many useful tips which if strictly adhering to topic would be lost.
I'd like to hear other members expand on the subject of printing; Gary's radio logo's are just brilliant but screen printing was involved if my memory serves me correctly. I also looked into doing screen printing at home and there are a number of interesting videos on "You-tube", it's possible more videos have been added since I played around with the project. One thing is certain; it is a fascinating subject once you start looking into it and it opens up a whole new way of life.
Kind regards, Col.
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