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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2006Stickers or decals that will withstand a washing machine.
I have been looking on the Internet for at way to print either stickers or decals that will withstand a washing machine. And you seam to know and awful lot about these matters. Is there a way of doing way to print either stickers or decals that will withstand a washing machine? I need to be able to make about a 100 individual labels each week, to put on jars that will go into a washing machine repeatedly. I would like if the label could withstand being washed this way daily, for about 6 months and preferably more - perhaps for years. If possible I would like the decals or labels to have the option of cold and silver. If the decals or stickers could withstand some scratching from being rubbed against one another that would also be a plus. Is this possible - what would my options be? The Alps printer has gone out of production, and I don't think I can base production on a printer that is out of production. I will need something were I can fairly quickly replace a broken printer. Do you know of a printer that replaces the Alps printer? If I can't do the printing my self, is there a online firm that does this for a decent prize? What sort of printer would they be using? Best regards Mads Gorm Larsen On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:49:52 -0800, madsgormlarsen wrote: > The Alps printer has gone out of production, and I don't think I can > base production on a printer that is out of production. I will need > something were I can fairly quickly replace a broken printer. > > Do you know of a printer that replaces the Alps printer? ALPS isn't totally dead. The technology is still used in the Kodak First Check printing system; they are crtridge compatible with the old ALPS. They will set you back something like $5000 though. Rob > On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:49:52 -0800, madsgormlarsen wrote: > > The Alps printer has gone out of production, and I don't think I can [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Rob Strange that Alps stopped production, sounds like a interessting product. But 5g is a bit out of my range. Mads On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:25:25 -0800, madsgormlarsen wrote: > Strange that Alps stopped production, sounds like a interessting > product. But 5g is a bit out of my range. Technically, ALPS didn't stop production. They are, by and large, a manufacturer of components, and the print heads are still produced by them. They just stopped building them into printers themselves. Rob I am looking in to a differnt option right now - folie printers - it seams you can by stickers with a extra laminated side or cut out letters of folie. Small companies seam to take as small ordres as just one sticker for less than 2$ Is there not some off you model people who are using this option? I am going to by some and test them in a washing maschine. /Mads > On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:25:25 -0800, madsgormlarsen wrote: >> Strange that Alps stopped production, sounds like a interessting [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Rob Aren't they still being made and sold for the European market (under their parent company's name???). Wouldn't one just need a voltage converter? (Assuming one could easily get one from Europe to begin with...) On a related topic...I believe there is a Yahoo Group devoted to the Alps printer, and hobby-related uses: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpsdecal Ahhh...I see that the original poster is *already* utilizing that group...  SignatureGreg Heilers Registered Linux user #328317 - SlackWare 10.2 (2.6.13) AUS ..... He gets it from your side of the family, you know. No monsters on my side. -- Homer Simpson Treehouse of Horror II I have found a couple of possible solutions. One is inkjet heat transfer paper. You need a epson printer with a special kind of ink, som special paper, and a small heat press mascihine. The same kind used for making t-shirt. The other option is a cutting plotter, these are used for comercials put on cars. Stika makes some that are rather small. And finally one can use a what I guess is a plotter/printer for making stickers, and then the laminate the stikers. The question is then how durable are these solutions? One should think that the cutting plotter would be used be train and aeroplain model builders? Thanks for all the help, hope you have more to share. Best regards Mads > Aren't they still being made and sold for the European > market (under their parent company's name???). Wouldn't > one just need a voltage converter? (Assuming one could > easily get one from Europe to begin with...) Production and sale under the OKI brand also ended, if I recall correctly in 2004. Earlier this year, some lucky shop here in The Netherlands stumbled over a pallet of these printers, and people from as far as the south of France showed up to buy them. You could check (www.hofax.nl), but I think it's safe to say that he probably ran out of them by now as well:-) If you can get a European one, which are called OKI DP5000 for an ALPS MD5000, and DP7000 for an A3 version, a voltage adapter should be all you need to get it working. Rob You may not need a converter. My ALPS is multi voltage, you just need the right plug. Check the back wherre the info is written out. Rich >> Aren't they still being made and sold for the European >> market (under their parent company's name???). Wouldn't [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Rob |
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