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| Posted on 4/12/08 at 08:16 AM | |
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Gerry, I ran across this, but please note my comments after the paper descriptions and URLs http://imprintsstore.imprintsusa.com/ImprintsStore/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=37&cat=Dye+Sublimation+Supplies+for+Seiko+820 Item#: I-3500 A4 Super Fabric Transfer Paper Color Wear-Dye Sub (CH 878, 100 Prints) Price: $97.00 http://www.asisupplier.com/98747/seiko.htm Seiko Instruments 820 Printer Dye-Sublimation Transfer Paper For T-Shirts / 50 Sheets http://www.ramcoweb.com/T-SHIRT.HTM THERMAL HEAT TRANSFER PAPER: Works great for thermal printers, like the Alps MD Series, Star SJ-144, Fargo, Seiko and Kodak. Part# P802 Size 8 1/2" x 11" (Instructions) (for light colored shirts) Sheets 10-99 100+ Price / Sheet $1.50 $1.25 Back in the early and mid 90's most tshirts were done on wax thermal printers, color copiers, or dot matrix printers with sublimation ribbons. Many of the wax thermal printers, like the Fargo and Alps I used back then, were dual mode printers. The 2 modes were wax thermal and dye sublimation. They had interchangeable ribbons but used the same print heads. In wax thermal mode the ribbons were wax based and the print heads melted the wax from the ribbon onto the paper. In dye sublimation mode the print head heated a dye based ribbon and it turned the solid dyes into gas that "sublimated" a polymer paper ... the dyes clings to the polymer then become solid again. Most of us used the wax thermal mode for tshirts then, however, Seiko offered papers for heat transfer for both modes. See the items above for the fabric paper for dye sub. Some photo printers are also know as Dye diffusion printers, there is a slight technical difference between those and dy sublimation printers, but the technology is very very close. I belive most Kodaks are in the "Dye diffusion" catagory. I cannot vouge for those papers being compatible, however, I think these are your closest chance for success. Since the print heads used in your printer generate heat high enough to convert dyes into gas, the papers had to be able to withstand high heat without melting while printing ... I suspect this is your problem with the ribbon sticking to the papers you are now trying. I think your ribbons and regular papers are still available ie below. http://www.minilab.com/productDetail.asp_Q_catID_E_96_A_subCatID_E_152_A_productID_E_359 Hope this helps, Michael [Edited on 4/12/08 by mgparrish] | ||
 
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