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The more I read the more it seems inkjets annihilate laser printers in this regard. So far it seems Epson Stylus inkjets with Epson transparency and original DYE based ink produce good results, when printing in best photo quality mode.
I've seen one of the vendors I buy from in China sometimes (specialises in DIY PCB stuff) selling a dye based ink for inkjets specifically for this purpose
If you open in Google chrome and let it do it's translation thing you should get the idea...
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.0.CrPgQp&id=13469658088
They don't say anything about printer compatibility but appear to use an Epson ME33 themselves - of course, I'd only try this with an old junker printer I'd bought second hand for a few dollars at most, if it doesn't work or screws up the printhead, salvage the useful parts, then buy another.
This is a sample printed with this inkjet ink (well, from what I can undersatnd)...
http://img01.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i1/30632341/T2L05eXh4aXXXXXXXX_!!30632341.jpg
Compared to this with a laser...
http://img02.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i2/30632341/T2JPBsXhXNXXXXXXXX_!!30632341.jpg
So it certainly looks very opaque.
You may be able to find the same stuff on ebay or aliexpress which might be cheaper for a single unit, or you can get it through a Taobao agent...
http://www.bhiner.com/index.php?mode=Search&skey=http%3A%2F%2Fitem.taobao.com%2Fitem.htm%3Fspm%3D2013.1.0.0.CrPgQp%26id%3D13469658088&search_eng.x=-1056&search_eng.y=-10&search_eng=search
Rough guess from an agent you're looking $10 to $15 USD if you only bought that (6.76 USD + China Shipping + International Shipping + Bhiner's Fee)