> > Sign vinyl, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtmJdCBjwXY#t=63
> >
> > Works well. It's like the Pulsar 'print-n-peel' or whatever it's called.
> >
> > You can get A4 sized pieces from craft shops (or eBay) for a $1 or so.
>
> My wife found some vinyl document folders that didn't work at all.
>
> One side is sort of pebble finish and was hopeless. The other side is shiny
> but the lines bled hopelessly no matter how I set the printer.
>
> I don't know if this is the same stuff referred to but it's all I could find in vinyl.
Sign vinyl is the adhesive backed stuff for decals, you cut names etc out of it and stick on work vans and so on. Some of it is meant to be printed on, presumably inkjet so you can print your own stickers (kinda like that adhesive-backed photo paper).
Like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281189166785, well maybe not glossy & pink but anyway. The adhesive doesn't matter much, but it does mean you can stick it directly only a piece of paper without stuffing about with tape. I doubt you could buy it without the adhesive (what would you do with it?).
The thread earlier on mentioned a brand & part #, but most stuff would work. IIRC the brand was Oracal:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251049327979, can't remember if gloss was ok or it had to be matt.
The crafters do the same thing on a small scale, the CriCut is a miniature sign cutter. You can get it with textures like carbon fibre or snake skin, but you don't want that. For lolz here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/khrhmpl3p9at663/IMG_2320.JPG is a remote control 'skinned' with 'carbon fibre' burgundy sign vinyl. (That was laser cut.) The next one was gold, dang no photo.
Tony