I tried something for the first time this morning & I think it has
potential at least for some drawings.

I'd read about doing a transfer using transparency material but when
I priced the stuff at Staples the other day it was far more than I
wanted to spend & far more material than I could imagine using. So
thinking that the film is just a sort of plastic here's what I
tried. I took a clear sleeve like you put an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of
paper in to put it in a 3 ring binder. I cut off the part where the
holes for putting it in the binder are so it would go through my
printer - an HP deskjet. Then I put a piece of paper in the sleeve
so that it would hopefully feed through the printer - that worked.

I ran it through the printer then after it had dried a bit I pressed
it on to my carving material. This worked very well for a line type
image. Did not work so well when the image had a lot of solid ink
areas - maybe need to let it dry longer for those before trying to
transfer. I intend to experiment some more.

mt walker

Unfortunately the acetone transfer and the heat transfer don't work
with inkjet prints, rather they need a toner-based ink. You could
take them to Kinkos or Staples Copy Center and run a copy there,
which would be toner-based -- if you fill up an entire sheet with
images for stamps, you will get the most for your money.

Another method is to trace the entire printed design with pencil and
then lay it face down on your carving material and rub it
vigorously, being careful not to move it, with your fingernail or a
bone folder. The pencil will then transfer to the carving medium.
If it is too light to work with, take a pen and go over it once it
is on the rubber.

Or if you are artistic, you could just draw it onto the carving
material -- but remember to draw it backward or else it will stamp
backward.

SpringChick


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "dman10327"
wrote:
> Having an ink jet HP printer, can anyone give me a tip on a good
way
> to transfer an image from the copy paper to the carving medium?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> D-man 10327

A less-than-reliable result might be had with inkjet if you're able
to use a paper that's not too absorbent and VERY QUICKLY move the
inkjet copy to your carving medium. I've had so-so transfer results
by pressing the inkjet image onto the medium while the ink is still
just a bit damp.
Good luck.

azobox


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Deb" wrote:
> Unfortunately the acetone transfer and the heat transfer don't work
> with inkjet prints, rather they need a toner-based ink. You could
> take them to Kinkos or Staples Copy Center and run a copy there,
> which would be toner-based -- if you fill up an entire sheet with
> images for stamps, you will get the most for your money.
>
> Another method is to trace the entire printed design with pencil
and
> then lay it face down on your carving material and rub it
> vigorously, being careful not to move it, with your fingernail or a
> bone folder. The pencil will then transfer to the carving medium.
> If it is too light to work with, take a pen and go over it once it
> is on the rubber.
>
> Or if you are artistic, you could just draw it onto the carving
> material -- but remember to draw it backward or else it will stamp
> backward.
>
> SpringChick
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "dman10327"
> wrote:
> > Having an ink jet HP printer, can anyone give me a tip on a good
> way
> > to transfer an image from the copy paper to the carving medium?
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > D-man 10327

Thanks to Erin, Springchik, Quarksmom, Azobox and bcostly for their
suggestions on transferring images to carving media. They all pretty
much agreed on how to do it. I traced my image to copy paper using a
soft lead pencil (not too sharp). After flipping it over onto the
carving media, I rubbed it with a rounded instrument and "BINGO"!

This is the way things should happen when boxers communicate over the
net. Helping each other is the bottom line.

D-man 10327

I must have missed your post....

There is another way to transfer images which I've found to be
the easiest and most precise method of transfer. Read about it
here if you want to...

http://www.geocities.com/dividedeye/lbox2.html

Mark


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "dman10327"
wrote:
> Thanks to Erin, Springchik, Quarksmom, Azobox and bcostly
for their
> suggestions on transferring images to carving media. They all
pretty
> much agreed on how to do it. I traced my image to copy paper
using a
> soft lead pencil (not too sharp). After flipping it over onto the
> carving media, I rubbed it with a rounded instrument and
"BINGO"!
>
> This is the way things should happen when boxers
communicate over the
> net. Helping each other is the bottom line.
>
> D-man 10327