Printer that prints in white?

rdwarr

Are there any printers available that use white ink? This would be for printing onto acetate for OHP slides, modelmaking etc.
I know ALPS used to do something but can't find much info on them at the moment.

snax

Only large format commercial printers I think.

Quoted from desktoppub.com
"There used to be a desktop printer that used a dry white ink ribbon (ALPS) but it is no longer manufactured. As of the moment, no desktop printers that print white ink are on the market as far as I know."

eBay has a MD-4000 on at the moment ... Item no. 6866079114

Yahoo group here ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpsdecal/ which may give you some help.

sorry can't help more
Regards
S

millwalll

the only printer i know that print white ink are large format machine you do a blueprint and it basically turns anyhtink black to white and anythink white to black

penrhyn

Why would you want white ink for OHP slides? No ink is needed to produce white!

mynamesnotdave

penrhyn wrote:

Why would you want white ink for OHP slides? No ink is needed to produce white!

I agree, if there was any white on an OHP it would appear black on screen as it wouldn't allow any light through?!??

Unless of course you want to print white on an OHP for something other than using an OHP.

rdwarr

Yes, sorry about the confusion.
My brother is currently manufacturing things you can stick onto the side of model trains to turn them into different ones. See his website for the concept. At the moment he's having to print onto white acetate and "colour in" the windows but a lot of his customers would like clear ones.
Trouble is most trains have some white on them as well.

ManAtHome

Can you get away with a very light grey - RGB all around 230 (out of max values 255) or a light yellow Red/Green at 255, Blue around 200.

If you go into Word, select Format/Font from the menu. Drop down the Font Colour box and select More Colors (yuk), then go to the Custom tab and play with the Red, Green, Blue settings (can fine-tune with the Sat(uration) and Lum(inance) settings.

rdwarr

ManAtHome wrote:

Can you get away with a very light grey - RGB all around 230 (out of max values 255) or a light yellow Red/Green at 255, Blue around 200.

If it was me, yes, but we're talking serious model railway enthusiasts here! I know people who can see a train go past and quote you the Pantone equivalents of the colours

Wombat

http://www.dpandi.com/newsreviews/reports/tradeshows/pma04/index.html

Walking by the Durst booth (the makers of the Lambda printer), I had to go over and investigate the new Durst Rho 160W Plus Flatbed UV Inkjet Printer/Press, the world's first production inkjet printer to offer white ink. Let me say that again: WHITE INK! What does this mean? According to Durst, "White ink for the Rho 160 Plus means users can create a white background on non-white and clear media. Users are also able to overlay white areas or detail, produce cleaner backgrounds, create more contrast in images, and give colors added 'pop.'" Now if Epson, HP, Canon, and the rest can just be convinced to do the same. www.durstus.com

Haven't checked the price, though!! :eek:
But here's one being delivered!!!!!

http://www.durstus.com/img/pdf/PRO_McRobb.pdf

Wombat

Or this?

http://www.sunchemical.com/press_2003_1_1090856727441.htm

rdwarr

Thanks Wombat,
That Durst Rho looks a nice piece of kit but, at $465,000, may be slightly over budget :eek: