Hi,
I want to try and get a laser printer to print on to ceramic tiles.
I realise that the tiles could not go through the rollers like paper,
so i will have to adapt the machine to do it in a 'flat' way.
My main concern is not the mechanics of the scanning, it is the nature
of the electrostatics. Will a glazed ceramic tile accept a charge ??
I do not know if a tile would hold the electrostatic image, for the
toner to cling on to.
These things have to be done in the dark, otherwise i would have tried
something to check by now.
My feeling is that the ceramic tile surface would be Ok as an electro-
static charge-holding medium, for the short time required.
But i want to be fairly sure that a tile could be printed upon before
trying to get a laser printer to scan it.
What i have done, is to put some sellotape on to a sheet of paper, and
did some printing on it.
Yes, it printed Ok on to the sellotape, which went through the rollers
without a problem.
However that only tells me that the print surface need not be paper,
and that a shiny sellotape surface is Ok.
It is possible that there is a laser printer already available to do
this, but if so i have not found it.
Any input or advice would be welcome.
Regards, John
I want to try and get a laser printer to print on to ceramic tiles.
I realise that the tiles could not go through the rollers like paper,
so i will have to adapt the machine to do it in a 'flat' way.
My main concern is not the mechanics of the scanning, it is the nature
of the electrostatics. Will a glazed ceramic tile accept a charge ??
I do not know if a tile would hold the electrostatic image, for the
toner to cling on to.
These things have to be done in the dark, otherwise i would have tried
something to check by now.
My feeling is that the ceramic tile surface would be Ok as an electro-
static charge-holding medium, for the short time required.
But i want to be fairly sure that a tile could be printed upon before
trying to get a laser printer to scan it.
What i have done, is to put some sellotape on to a sheet of paper, and
did some printing on it.
Yes, it printed Ok on to the sellotape, which went through the rollers
without a problem.
However that only tells me that the print surface need not be paper,
and that a shiny sellotape surface is Ok.
It is possible that there is a laser printer already available to do
this, but if so i have not found it.
Any input or advice would be welcome.
Regards, John