I need to print some plans onto styrene sheet. I have a photo inkjet but the ink will not 'take' to the surface. Has anyone found a type of sheet that will take the ink?

Brian

You may be better off printing onto "Card Stock" and using a fixative to seal it well enough to take paint etc.

I don't know if this will work but what about spraying it with a matt white primer to accept the ink

Can I ask what you're trying do with this? Whatever it is, would printing onto actate do the job. These are the sheets used for the "old" overhead presentation slides. You can still get them.

HTHs.

Cheers

I have done this using Evergreen sheets, 0.25mm. I too had the same problem. See the sheet is to smooth, so I very very lightly sanded it then sprayed on Testors dull coat on top. Make sure you wipe down after sanding something I losely forgot to do.

Joe

Thanks Joe - this looks like the route to go. I have a set of detailed V2 Rocket plans that can be cut and assembled - They even have camo in colour alraedy on them! I am thinking of scratchbuilding the whole thing and this looked like a fun route. One question - is Humbrol Matt Cote the same as Testors Dull Coat?

Brian

Cardstock would be your best bet as said earlier..see, paper will let the ink absorb into it...plastic won't. I tried to print on 020 plastic stock and it smeared...if it had more time in the printer to dry it would possibly work, but I can't control that.
An idea would be to print on good paper, 25 pound, then use 3M spray adhesive to bond the paper to thin plastic sheet, then cut out. You might have to seal the edges, or whole thing, to keep corners from lifting later.
The 3M spray, old version, doesn't mess up foam on my fomie park flyers...the new version eats foam!{ask me how I know that!}

Oh, go on then. How do you know that? :-)

Murdo...the hard way as usual. That was one P51b that,...well, wasn't.

That sounds like a cool start to making an interesting diorama... :-) :-) :-)

I'm glad I read this, printing stuff onto cardstock or thin evergreen sheets sounds like an interesting way to add some detail stuff to tank interiors and the like

I print on adhesive backed paper and attach that to 0.02 Styrene sheet.
alternately I use Computer Grafix printable transparent plastic adhesive backed sheets

The images can then be cut out and assembled using other styrene material such as angle and TENAX 7R plastic weld.

Brian,

Take your plans to an outfit that will print your styrene sheets,
using a laser printer.

The results are excellent and cheap.

Cheers,
Joe