[sdiy] Lazertran for panel artwork

[steve thomas]

Hi Paul..there is a difficulty using lazertran on panels with a dark/black
colour.
The  image on lazertran is rather like that on a transparency..the colours
are
somewhat translucent and so require a lightish background to make the
coloured legend
visible. Its not possible to get eg white artwork from this process..so no
moog style panels I fear!
This is why  the panels I made with lazertran are  ivory coloured..it shows
up the artwork very well.

Maybe worth scouring the web again..the technology of toner transfer is
rapidly developing..so
maybe a product that can produce 'white legend' is just around the corner.

cheers
steve

Synth-DIY pages:-
http://monopole.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/index.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Jacobson <pjdesign at yifan.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 1:05 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Lazertran for panel artwork


> Hi All,
>
> I've been looking for alternatives to the "traditional" engraved
> black aluminum front panels and came across mention of lazertran on
> http://monopole.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/frontpanel.htm .
>
> I was wondering if any listees had experience with this product and
> in particular if it handles large areas of solid dark colour well.
>
> peace
>
> Paul
>