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Is there a printer in Seattle that can make a film positive (for use in screen printing)?

Chad asked in Making Art/Crafting 8 months ago | Report

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    Kinkos! Do not attempt to do this by using a copier or printer, just tell them what you are looking for and they will be able to make film for you. For multi-color, use "channels" in photoshop.

    Kip Waddle answered in Making Art/Crafting 8 months ago | Report
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    What is your exposure unit? Are you looking for quick and easy or pro films? If you go the transparency route use laser as the toner is much more opaque than ink jet unless you have one of the fancier double pass made for films inkjet printers which I'm gonna assume you don't cuz you're asking this. A toner based copy from a xerox machine will mostlikely be denser than anything you try do do on a ink jet. If you hold the transparency up to the light and you can see through the black areas it's probably not dense enough. Although you can double up transparencies. Depending on your exposure set up you can do some on thin paper printouts which means you can use the oversiZe printers at kinkos Your time jump will probably be around 4 times that of transparencies. don't oil the paper it's a mess and doesn't cut down on your time too much. If you're local check out the classes at the vera project. All this stuff is covered and you're able to use the lab for burning your own screens in the future

    sublevelthree answered in Making Art/Crafting 8 months ago | Report
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    If it's for something regular letter-size, and if you're source image is in digital form, then you can use a regular inkjet - though you'll need to get special inkjet-friendly transparency sheets from OfficeMax or similar. (Inkjet ink won't stick to regular smooth transparency sheets.) It may be possible to use a laser printer to do similar - using laser-printer-friendly transparency sheets (the ones designed for overhead projectors will melt in laser printers and copiers, apparently).

    Musely answered in Making Art/Crafting 8 months ago | Report
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