blueback paper

[Derek Heron]

hi Mike
just run a poster through on my cadet plus blue back matt paper
eco sol max inks

i just use a generic vinyl profile and it is ok takes a bit to dry but apart from that looks ok
had a look at a blue backpaper profile but the colours looked realy weak on screen will have to print a sample to see what it looks like.
the old story never enough time

what are you going to print on it
derek

[MikeeWalsh]

we produce glass reinforced plastic panels that have digital prints encapsulated inside. we currently plastic encapsulate our prints as the ink runs when we apply our resin. I thought the blue back paper might absorb the inks more and hold it to the paper.

[Chris Wool]

mike what paper are you using at the moment. and what is the finished product please.

chris

[MikeeWalsh]

i use uniform satin matt paper but as we apply our resin the ink lifts off even after we have left the prints to dry for a week. our finished product is glass reinforced plastic panel

[Chris Wool]

is this with polyester or epoxy resins, have you tried the photo grade resin backed papers.

chris

[MikeeWalsh]

I’m not sure. we used to get our prints from a supplier and have only recently bought a versacamm so i am still experimenting with paper types. we get our paper from silverskies

[MikeeWalsh]

sorry that made me look quite dumb. haha they are polyester resins

[Chris Wool]

i would expect (dont know for sure) that the problem is the resin attacking the inks.
epoxy resins will not attack the ink. well i would not expect them to
however you could laminate the prints before applying either resin but if flexed may de-laminate or use a matt type

still want to know the finished product please

chris

[MikeeWalsh]

our signs are called armourseal

[Chris Wool]

had a thought last night, if you printed with a epson or hp – cannon with pigmented inks the inks are not solvent based then polyester resin should be ok.

chris

[Steve McAdie]

I used to do GRP encapsulated prints some years ago for a sign firm i worked for they used to use paper which they had to have printed elsewhere but the problem with that was if scratched deep enough water would ingress and quickly the print would deteriorate. I would put money on it that its the polyester resin causing the solvent print to dissolve also you may find that the resin could attack a laminate. What the firm did was buy a durachrome thermal printer as this is resistant to polyester resin.

Steve