Printing on wood cookies with EFI Pro 16H?

[PrintQueen]

Hi all,

i work for a university in the forest, and we have a product offered for certain awards which are currently wood burned into a wood cookie, essentially just a round slice of wood with a live edge. I've attached a photo for reference. We're trying to figure out if it's at all feasible to try to bring this product in-house and print direct to the wood surface with our hybrid flatbed printer (EFI Pro 16H)..

Has anyone printed on anything like this? Success or nightmare?

Thanks!

 

[Boudica]

looks like a head strike waiting to happen. I wouldn't try that on our flatbed. I think burning the design into the wood would look better, stay organic and probably last longer.

 

[victor bogdanov]

Order some UV DTF stickers for it

 

[JBurton]

Yeah, I had someone come to me for a last minute award project, 50 pieces, that they had planned to laser etch, until they realized each would take an hour on whatever laser engraver they had access to, so we routed them out. These were all cut and sanded pieces, but the thickness and warp varied significantly, so we had to reset z on each piece and run some sections separately if it was warped enough. I can't imagine a printer handling it any better, and for the risk of head replacement cost, I'd look at keeping them lasered or ordering something like Victor suggests.
Or maybe you guys need to buy a laser engraver to bring this part of production in house?