Originally Posted by
bbattle
How about the 6-ink kind? While I wouldn't dream of making my own decals for a really nice renovation I may give it whirl and make decals of my name to put on my bikes. Besides, the lettering on my Orbea is painted, not decals.
Printing with your home printer does work. Six color printers expands the range of available color mixes. But, your over lapping at least 4 or 6 or more color inks to achieve your basic colors, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue etc. The regular inks are not UV resistant, they will fade quickly. You have to use archival photo inks to have any chance of your decals lasting outside in the sun.
One thing the ink jets cannot print is WHITE. White decal paper has to be used in order to have white elements printed in the decals. Thermal or Screen Printed decals can be printed in white, metallics or solid spot colors.
Custom thermal decals are not expensive, they are fantastic.
