When I first started carving last year, I found that the easiest method was
to make a copy at Kinko's, place the image face down on the rubber and heat
it for a few seconds with an iron. It created a beautifully detailed
transfer that could be handled without smears.

However, lately that method has resulted in nothing being transfered to the
rubber. I tried the Acetone method with the same results. I even tried a
T-shirt transfer, but couldn't get it hot enough without melting the rubber.
At my wits end and with some very intricate stamp images just begging to be
carved, I talk to the people at Kinkos.

Apparently, they have changed their ink. It's now oil based and sealed to
the paper. This prevents the ink from sticking to other sheets of paper or
plastic covers (like it used to when put in a binder). "Archive safe" I
think they call it now.

Solution: I went to the library and used their ancient copier and VOILA! A
perfect image transfer, just like I used to get. So, if you have tried the
'heat transfer' method and it didn't work, you may need to use an older
copier. By the way, I'm using PZ Cut and I'm still using the original batch,
so I knew that wasn't what had changed :-) New and more intricate stamps are
on the way to boxes in Cincinnati!

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