decal question

[wt&c]

would a deskjet printer (by H-P) make good decals using inkjet decal paper??

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[Woodie]

wt&c,

The printers do work fine with decal paper, however the printers you mention cannot print white. SO as long as your decals contain no white, then you are fine.

TOOT!

 

[Matthyro]

I used my Canon printer to make decals. I have used transparent for just colour ones as Woodie says but I wanted some white too so used white decal paper. A pain because I had to cut the outline so no white edges show.
It's worth it though because you can make whatever decal you want.

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[Matthyro]

Another job though is to seal the decals before you put them on as if you don't the ink runs. I use Testors dull coat or the gloss coat depending on the finish I want

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[wt&c]

thanks guys, basiclly what id do when painting, is I paint the loco with all colors used (afer each color and cote dries) then I wil print the decals out, then seal the decals only with dull cote. Then I decal the engine, then weather it and seal again with dullcote. That worked with my 3 csx sd40-2's back when I was in HO scale. (8350 sold on ebay for $45 and it was an unpowered athearn!)

 

[billk]

wt&c
There is a brand of printer that prints white (it has white ink, duh). I memory fails me right now as to what brand, but if you're interested I'm sure someone out there could tell you.
Bill K

 

[billk]

Follow on to my last reply - I think its called an ALPs printer - do a web search for +printer +decal +white
Bill K