sublime000
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(i've learned its best to put your question first followed by the giant novel of an explanation afterwards. 0
Granted, I know that there is no picture for you to look at, but just for starters: What print processes are there (if any) that are capable of:
1) Directly printing to a substrate such as aluminum (in full color or 1 color layers)
AND ALSO
2) Print/ Produce a raised grainy/sand texture
(Imagine if your printer had the ability to add colored sand to certain parts of your print with as much accuracy as it does ink....i know it sounds strange, but that what our mystery sample looks/feels like)
We received an order request from a new client whose business we have been working towards earning for quite some time. They wanted to know if we could directly printo onto aluminum sheets that have a brushed silver finish on both sides. They would provide the material. This seemed easy enough over the phone, since we do offer print on a UV printer here in house.
However, when the client brought the sample sheet over to the shop, we had no idea how the print had been done. I can only describe it for now (i left my camera at home today).
It looks like someone first directly printed some miscelaneous shapes and designs (which is what the art consisted of) in brown ink. Then went back and printed (or possibly even placed/painted very meticulously) random splotches of raised black texture all over the brown print. It looks like a sand art picture. (anyone with kids in summer camp probably have some of those hanging on the fridge
)
The texture has a sandy/grainy feeling. Like that of a roofing shingle if that helps. When i first saw the panel, i thought that maybe the black was a mistake or something b/c to me it looked like someone took some type of heat source, like a torch, and just kept burning until the ink or possibly a film bubbled up and dried to the surface.
i have no clue what the point of the design is, or where the sample was printed at. It isn't what anyone would call attractive. But it is what the customer needs to duplicate.
Naturally, we told the would client that we were not entirely sure how the piece was produced and would feel more comfortable taking a day or two to research it and see it this is something that our machine is capable of. Thankfully, the client was fine with this and left the sample here for us to scratch our heads over.
Being that i'm an loyal fan and reader of this site, there's a good chance that i will be bombarded with replies about not providing enough info... or too much info.... or not having a picture. For this, i'm apologizing in advance. Helpful suggestions are most welcome.
Granted, I know that there is no picture for you to look at, but just for starters: What print processes are there (if any) that are capable of:
1) Directly printing to a substrate such as aluminum (in full color or 1 color layers)
AND ALSO
2) Print/ Produce a raised grainy/sand texture
(Imagine if your printer had the ability to add colored sand to certain parts of your print with as much accuracy as it does ink....i know it sounds strange, but that what our mystery sample looks/feels like)
We received an order request from a new client whose business we have been working towards earning for quite some time. They wanted to know if we could directly printo onto aluminum sheets that have a brushed silver finish on both sides. They would provide the material. This seemed easy enough over the phone, since we do offer print on a UV printer here in house.
However, when the client brought the sample sheet over to the shop, we had no idea how the print had been done. I can only describe it for now (i left my camera at home today).
It looks like someone first directly printed some miscelaneous shapes and designs (which is what the art consisted of) in brown ink. Then went back and printed (or possibly even placed/painted very meticulously) random splotches of raised black texture all over the brown print. It looks like a sand art picture. (anyone with kids in summer camp probably have some of those hanging on the fridge
) The texture has a sandy/grainy feeling. Like that of a roofing shingle if that helps. When i first saw the panel, i thought that maybe the black was a mistake or something b/c to me it looked like someone took some type of heat source, like a torch, and just kept burning until the ink or possibly a film bubbled up and dried to the surface.
i have no clue what the point of the design is, or where the sample was printed at. It isn't what anyone would call attractive. But it is what the customer needs to duplicate.
Naturally, we told the would client that we were not entirely sure how the piece was produced and would feel more comfortable taking a day or two to research it and see it this is something that our machine is capable of. Thankfully, the client was fine with this and left the sample here for us to scratch our heads over.
Being that i'm an loyal fan and reader of this site, there's a good chance that i will be bombarded with replies about not providing enough info... or too much info.... or not having a picture. For this, i'm apologizing in advance.
Helpful suggestions are most welcome.
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