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Looking for supplier of Inkjet decal paper
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:35 PM UTC
Does anyone know of a supplier of inkjet compatable decal paper. i saw it somewhere but can't find it now. It was a two-part process that you print them first, then coat them with a sealer. It must be for an inkjet printer though.
Kencelot
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 12:44 PM UTC
There are actually quite a few them:

Papilio
DecalPaper.com
MCGPaper
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 01:17 PM UTC
Alternatively, you can put your decal images into a word document and have them laser color printed at any good commercial printer, using regular clear or white decal paper. Cost for a full sheet would be about a dollar plus the cost of the decal paper. Just save the document to disk and have the print shop run a page.
firemann816
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 02:16 PM UTC
I also hear (have never tried) that after doing something like AJ suggests you can take your paper to a high quality color copier and feed your decal paper in and run numerous copies of your detail sheet.
PorkChop
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 02:22 PM UTC
Bare Metal also makes nice clear and white sheets for both injet and laser printers.
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 02:28 PM UTC
http://www.micromark.com/ [ http://www.decalgear.com/DG/Category.asp?CatCode=DM_FEATURES&af=VST-TDM-%20%2001
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 06:56 PM UTC
Not a link but a warning try to stay away from Bel (www.beldecal.com)! Their products are often bad in quality, and if you run in a wrong batch of paper (it happent o me twice) they wouldn't even answer your emails!!!
Ciao
HeavyArty
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Posted: Monday, March 08, 2004 - 05:13 AM UTC
Thanks all, these are just what I was looking for. Looks like Papilio fits my needs best.
Does anyone know if Testor's Dulcote could be used as a sealer without damaging the decal sheet? The website states the following:

"Make clear decals using this paper and any clear solvent based spray such as the Krylon Crystal Clear Acrylic spray or Rust Oleum Clear Oil Enamel spray."
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