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  • From: West Virginia, USA
Decal sheets - newbie question
Posted by mfsob on Friday, June 24, 2005 12:28 PM
Looked through the archives but could not find a definitive answer to this question: When you are making your own decals, can you run the decal sheets through the laser or inkjet printer more than once, or do you end up wasting an entire sheet if you just need a few 1/700 scale ship names and such?
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  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Monday, June 27, 2005 9:44 PM
Anyone?
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Posted by jridge on Monday, June 27, 2005 10:33 PM
Can't comment on a laser. But, the heat from the fuser may not make reprinting possible? Do a search on my id and "decals" to see my experiences with lasers, commercial printers and inkjet printers

You should be able to run decal paper through an inkjet printer more than once. You will have to adjust the decals or the paper so you don't over-print the orginals.

Test, test, test........
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Posted by gregbale on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:49 PM
You don't have to use a whole sheet at a time. I usually run a regular sheet of paper through first to check the exact printing area, then cut out a matching segment of decal paper and tape it in place over the printed markings and run the sheet through again. I've got a Lexmark Z52 and it works great---never had a jam or stutter, and it saves that expensive stock.
Good luck.
Greg

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 1, 2005 2:12 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by gregbale

You don't have to use a whole sheet at a time. I usually run a regular sheet of paper through first to check the exact printing area, then cut out a matching segment of decal paper and tape it in place over the printed markings and run the sheet through again. I've got a Lexmark Z52 and it works great---never had a jam or stutter, and it saves that expensive stock.
Good luck.
Greg


Thanks for the tip - that will save $$$$.

Rievaulx
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