printing with raised ink???

[Robert]

Is there a printer that will print with the lettering raised like on wedding
invitations? Or what I have seen on some business cards? Please reply
here.
Thank you
rwinks

[Steve Bradshaw]

I can get raised black text on my HP930C by printing on coated paper (not
photo) and increasing the ink volume, but it takes a while to dry. Still
not as good as the real thing but quite nice.

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[Peach]

Steve,

Do you think I could do it with my HP 990cse? I don't recall it having a
"increase ink slider or button".

Thanks,

Joe Peach

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[Steve Bradshaw]

In the HP930 and I thought in all the 9xx series printers, it's in
Properties>Advanced and is a left/right slider at the bottom called Ink
Volume. It's got 5 settings between Light and Heavy.

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[rnels...@cybertours.com]

A raised lettering appearance is almost impossible with inkjet printers (
focus on color and font ).

Most inklet printers focus on ' Quick Dry '.

Rob N.

Windows XP Pro
HP DJ 970 Cxi
HP DJ 1220 Cse
Canon S820

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[Michael Salem]

Robert wrote:

> Is there a printer that will print with the lettering raised

The Tektronix solid-ink colour printers produce a more raised effect
than other printers. Not cheap to buy, though.

HTH,
--
Michael Salem

[Jeff H]

Robert,

You're thinking of a process called 'thermography'. While I'm not entirely
sure of the process I do know it involves specialized equipment. One of the
limits of raised printing is that it gets more expensive as you add colors
and I believe is limited to spot colors. With an inkjet printer and the
right paper you can create full-color business cards and invitations fairly
inexpensively that look really good...only the printing is flat.

Nevertheless, you can do a search for thermography and perhaps there is some
way to achieve the same effect with a home-grown method.

Cheers,

Jeff H

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[Peach]

> A raised lettering appearance is almost impossible with inkjet printers (
> focus on color and font ).

Yea, I though so!.......Hope springs eternal, though...LOL

Joe Peach

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[kernel_sanders]

If you can get a page with the ink still sufficiently wet, then perhaps you
could apply embossing powder and achieve the result you are looking for.

I have used embossing powder on original Print Gocco screen prints and it
made quite presentable cards.

The powder is cheap and the process simple.

Here are some links.
http://www.nehoc.com.au/training/prod/s258/index.htm
http://www.gocco.com/thermo.HTM

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You can get a type of raised text with a laser printer, I know that there is
feel with the print on my HP LJIII. However the only to get the desired
embosed feel is with lithography, this uses paint like ink that gives a nice
rounded form to text with good feel. The advantage of this is that the ink
is the same colour right through.
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Jeff H <jeff....@ns.sympatico.ca_nospam> wrote in message
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> Robert,
>
> You're thinking of a process called 'thermography'. While I'm not
entirely
> sure of the process I do know it involves specialized equipment. One of
the
> limits of raised printing is that it gets more expensive as you add colors
> and I believe is limited to spot colors. With an inkjet printer and the
> right paper you can create full-color business cards and invitations
fairly
> inexpensively that look really good...only the printing is flat.
>
> Nevertheless, you can do a search for thermography and perhaps there is
some
> way to achieve the same effect with a home-grown method.

Epson do a specialized small card printer, it's for doing postcards and
business card sized prints on pre cut cards. It uses pigmented inks that are
more water resistant than normal dye based inks.

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Cheers
Jonathan,
printe...@eircom.net

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>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff H
>
> "Robert" <r.w...@verizon.net0> wrote in message
> news:nZBw8.1898$bu....@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> > Is there a printer that will print with the lettering raised like on
> wedding
> > invitations? Or what I have seen on some business cards? Please reply
> > here.
> > Thank you
> > rwinks
> >
> >
>
>

[jam...@fda.net]

Actually you can buy the stuff that they use in hobbie/craft shops. All
it is is a powder in a tube. The person I saw selling it used a dot
matrix printer. After you print the text you want raised you just
sprinkle the powder on (the ink has to still be a little wet for the
powder to stick), and then apply heat. He used some kind of blow dryer
for the heat. If you use this stuff for letter head do not run it
through a laser printer.
--
jamess
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