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I had a request by a customer to have a decal printed on static cling but he wants to put it on the inside of his car window with the print facing outside. I have reverse cut this material but I'm never printed on it. The cling part is next to the paper so how could you produce this decal. I'm probably making this harder than it is and I'm not thinking about it right. Would you please help a pea brain think this through.
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While there, you might also check out some of their other "Product Tips". Some of those also cover other questions that you've had in previous posts...like importing clipart etc.
Hope that you find this helpful.
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Hey Henry. I understand what you are saying and I looked at the tip page. My problem is I'm printing on white. Do you understand what I mean? Sure you can print in reverse on clear but does the static cling hold the same on both sides. If I print in reverse on white but the cling is best on the side closes to the paper, then I have a problem, don't I? Maybe I am looking at this wrong, sometime I get a brain fart.
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Hi again Cynthia. I don't usually work with static cling materials, but I believe that they will adhere from either side...printed or unprinted. If you want to be absolutely positive, print off a small sample, and try it out.
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Hi Cythia, You can get away with minimal printing on white static,...sometimes. Your best choice would be to reverse print on clear and than white floodcoat the image afterwards. You get the look that your trying to achieve with the full adhesion of the back of the static decal.
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WE (screen) print tons (millions) of "honor roll student" clings. We always do reverse on clear then a heavy coat of background. Tried, and no it didn't stick on the printed side ... may be because of the full coat of ink because I seem to remember getting those mass market holiday ones (offset printed) and my kids didn't seem to pay attention to what side went on and they stuck. so... Test ... test ... test
There's supposedly a problem with plasticizers in the inks migrating to the surface the static is stuck onto.
Say if you print on white then stick the printed side to the glass, eventually the ink is gonna transfer from the static to the glass.
I dont know if this is true or not, but since I use a Roland thermal printer I could see it happening.
If you want some clear static to play with, I have a long roll of the stuff I bought in anticipation of using, but low and behold I still have the whole thing, less a foot. =)
Want some?
Yes, both sides will stick.
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