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=====Description===== | |||
A '''[[Printers|Colour Printer]]''' is excellent at its intended purpose of producing hard copy of illustrations but can also be regarded as a manufacturing tool, not only to make photos, but to create a wide range of products. | |||
=====Features and Applications===== | |||
Modern printers will output true to size and a variety of media can be fed into most which enables print-outs to be combined with other materials to create products e.g. : | Modern printers will output true to size and a variety of media can be fed into most which enables print-outs to be combined with other materials to create products e.g. : | ||
* To add surface decoration detail to [[Pop-Up Cards]], costume patterns and sets to [[Model Theatres]] or [[Mechanical Toys]], labels for food packaging. | * To add surface decoration detail to '''[[Pop-Up Cards]]''', costume patterns and sets to '''[[Model Theatres]]''' or '''[[Mechanical Toys]]''', labels for food packaging. | ||
* Paper print-outs can be sized to wrap around a card tube then wooden discs added to form a top and bottom, making a small [[String Tidy|cylindrical box]] - to hold a ball of string perhaps. | * Paper print-outs can be sized to wrap around a card tube then wooden discs added to form a top and bottom, making a small '''[[String Tidy|cylindrical box]]''' - to hold a ball of string perhaps. | ||
* Images printed on photographic paper may be laminated on to thick card, '''[[Manufactured Board|MDF]]''' or '''[[Manufactured Board|Ply]]''' to produce a material which can be cut to make a jigsaw, a puzzle or the basis of an [[Quiz Game|electronic guessing game]]. | * Images printed on photographic paper may be laminated on to thick card, '''[[Manufactured Board|MDF]]''' or '''[[Manufactured Board|Ply]]''' to produce a material which can be cut to make a jigsaw, a puzzle or the basis of an '''[[Quiz Game|electronic guessing game]]'''. | ||
* Gift wrap paper or brown paper can be cut to size and nets printed on their reverse to be cut out and folded into [[Gift Bag|gift bags]] or other packages. | * Gift wrap paper or brown paper can be cut to size and nets printed on their reverse to be cut out and folded into '''[[Gift Bag|gift bags]]''' or other packages. | ||
* Designs may be printed on to thin card which is then laminated, cut out and punched to produce various book marks, ID Cards, | * Designs may be printed on to thin card which is then laminated, cut out and punched to produce various book marks, ID Cards, '''[[Plug Tags|Tags]]''' and labels - e.g. held in place by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets:_British_and_related_types#BS_1363_three-pin_.28rectangular.29_plugs_and_sockets '''13A plug top'''] to indicate what it is connected to. | ||
* Outlines of stained glass windows, for example, can be printed on to baking parchment, which is traced around with thinly rolled pastry and spaces filled with crushed boiled sweets then baked, to make a traditional [[German Christmas tree decoration]]. | * Outlines of stained glass windows, for example, can be printed on to baking parchment, which is traced around with thinly rolled pastry and spaces filled with crushed boiled sweets then baked, to make a traditional '''[[Stained Glass Window Biscuits|German Christmas tree decoration]]'''. | ||
* Part drawings printed on to cut sheets of self adhesive vinyl can be laminated on to acrylic to transfer complex marking out - and to protect the acrylic during subsequent manufacturing - similarly, parts printed on to office copier paper can be stuck on to '''[[Manufactured Board|MDF]]''' or '''[[Manufactured Board|Ply]]'''. | * Part drawings printed on to cut sheets of self adhesive vinyl can be laminated on to acrylic to transfer complex marking out - and to protect the acrylic during subsequent manufacturing - similarly, parts printed on to office copier paper can be stuck on to '''[[Manufactured Board|MDF]]''' or '''[[Manufactured Board|Ply]]'''. | ||
* Designs can be ironed on to textiles and other materials by first printing them on to [http://www.example.com '''Heat Transfer Paper'''] ''(and the ‘waxy’ inner surface of some copier paper outer wrapping can work!)''. | * Designs can be ironed on to textiles and other materials by first printing them on to [http://www.example.com '''Heat Transfer Paper'''] ''(and the ‘waxy’ inner surface of some copier paper outer wrapping can work!)''. | ||
Any of the Folded Card projects in the [[Category:Packaging| | Any of the Folded Card projects in the '''[[:Category:Packaging|Packaging]]''' section would be improved if a good quality colour print was laminated on to the card net to provide surface decoration. The '''[[Zoetrope]]''', for example, could be used to animate actual photographic sequences which have either been taken using a digital camera or scanned from a photographic original. | ||
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[[Category:Skills and Processes]] | [[Category:Skills and Processes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:41, 27 March 2018
Description
A Colour Printer is excellent at its intended purpose of producing hard copy of illustrations but can also be regarded as a manufacturing tool, not only to make photos, but to create a wide range of products.
Features and Applications
Modern printers will output true to size and a variety of media can be fed into most which enables print-outs to be combined with other materials to create products e.g. :
- To add surface decoration detail to Pop-Up Cards, costume patterns and sets to Model Theatres or Mechanical Toys, labels for food packaging.
- Paper print-outs can be sized to wrap around a card tube then wooden discs added to form a top and bottom, making a small cylindrical box - to hold a ball of string perhaps.
- Images printed on photographic paper may be laminated on to thick card, MDF or Ply to produce a material which can be cut to make a jigsaw, a puzzle or the basis of an electronic guessing game.
- Gift wrap paper or brown paper can be cut to size and nets printed on their reverse to be cut out and folded into gift bags or other packages.
- Designs may be printed on to thin card which is then laminated, cut out and punched to produce various book marks, ID Cards, Tags and labels - e.g. held in place by a 13A plug top to indicate what it is connected to.
- Outlines of stained glass windows, for example, can be printed on to baking parchment, which is traced around with thinly rolled pastry and spaces filled with crushed boiled sweets then baked, to make a traditional German Christmas tree decoration.
- Part drawings printed on to cut sheets of self adhesive vinyl can be laminated on to acrylic to transfer complex marking out - and to protect the acrylic during subsequent manufacturing - similarly, parts printed on to office copier paper can be stuck on to MDF or Ply.
- Designs can be ironed on to textiles and other materials by first printing them on to Heat Transfer Paper (and the ‘waxy’ inner surface of some copier paper outer wrapping can work!).
Any of the Folded Card projects in the Packaging section would be improved if a good quality colour print was laminated on to the card net to provide surface decoration. The Zoetrope, for example, could be used to animate actual photographic sequences which have either been taken using a digital camera or scanned from a photographic original.
 
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