print on heavy stock, 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick ?

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I'm looking for a color printer that can handle very heavy linen and cotton
stock in sheets as large as 13x19 inches...
I see canon's pixima 9000 will take 1 to 1 1/2 mm but I don't know if it has
a straight-through path or if it could be modified to handle thicker and
heavier stock ....

any thoughts would be most welcome...
 
Ato_Zee said:
I'd be thinking transfer sheets that are used to make t-shirts.
With ink based printers wicking through the fibres is a likely
problem, a dry or nearly dry process is best, silk screening is
the usual way.
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the stock is an actual paper but made from linen and cotton... the idea of
transfer sheets I hadn't thought of though and I'll have to look into that
as well, but I'm still hoping to find a printer that would handle such heavy
paper ...
 
hjmler said:
I'm looking for a color printer that can handle very heavy linen and cotton
stock in sheets as large as 13x19 inches...
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Hjmler-

Another possibility is to use a plotter. Other than the transfer
approach, I can't think of any other way to handle such thick paper.

Fred
 
Elmo P. Shagnasty said:
Do you have any idea how thick 1/4 inch is?

I think you're quite mistaken about even the 1/8 inch part.

Find a commercial printer who has a Xerox iGen3, preferably with
Acoustic Transfer Assist (ATA) for linen and other rough stocks. It'll
handle your request without any problem whatsoever.
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elmo -- i actually got out the calipers and measured the thickness - the
linen is 1/8 and the cotten is just shy of 1/4 ... this is stuff artists use
to paint on in place of stretched canvas on a frame.... the xerox might be a
task to try to track down but i'm thinking there's got to be one or 3 around
the minneapolis-st paul area, closest metro to me ... but not going near
there while the clown show is in swing ...

fred -- interesting thought on the plotter ... i'll have to track someone
down who's got one nearby
 
hjmler said:
I'm looking for a color printer that can handle very heavy linen and cotton
stock in sheets as large as 13x19 inches...
I see canon's pixima 9000 will take 1 to 1 1/2 mm but I don't know if it has
a straight-through path or if it could be modified to handle thicker and
heavier stock ....

any thoughts would be most welcome...
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You should ask the mfg. It is better to trust their tech research since
they designed the printer instead of those who spout off their opinions
in this ng.
 
measekite said:
You should ask the mfg. It is better to trust their tech research since
they designed the printer instead of those who spout off their opinions
in this ng.
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Yeah, like you do?
 
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