Printing on unusual material

[sanyasi]

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Just saw an art exhibit where an artist painted very fine transparent curtains in full room installations. Got me to thinking about printing photos on unusual media. Has anyone considered fine wire mesh, fine sand paper, perforated paper, or other unusual media? I am assuming use of a standard inkjet printer. Any tips from experience?

 

Thanks

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[dickgrafixstop]

pretty small market potential, particularly if you're doing larger than desktop sizes.

There are several alternatives with a metallic finish, but sandpaper would play havoc

with your print heads - same for fine mesh screen. There are several seiko based

solvent machines which have an adjustable throat for thicker materials - printing directly

to PVC sheets for example - but even then the surface is reasonably smooth.

If I had to print to those materials, I'd investigate dye sublimation techniques as used

in fabric printing.