Stickers or decals that will withstand a washing machine.

ALPS isn't totally dead. The technology is still used in the Kodak First Check printing system; they are crtridge compatible with the old ALPS. They will set you back something like $5000 though.

Rob

Strange that Alps stopped production, sounds like a interessting product. But 5g is a bit out of my range.

Mads

Technically, ALPS didn't stop production. They are, by and large, a manufacturer of components, and the print heads are still produced by them. They just stopped building them into printers themselves.

Rob

I am looking in to a differnt option right now - folie printers - it seams you can by stickers with a extra laminated side or cut out letters of folie. Small companies seam to take as small ordres as just one sticker for less than 2$ Is there not some off you model people who are using this option?

I am going to by some and test them in a washing maschine.

/Mads

Aren't they still being made and sold for the European market (under their parent company's name???). Wouldn't one just need a voltage converter? (Assuming one could easily get one from Europe to begin with...)

On a related topic...I believe there is a Yahoo Group devoted to the Alps printer, and hobby-related uses:

I have found a couple of possible solutions. One is inkjet heat transfer paper. You need a epson printer with a special kind of ink, som special paper, and a small heat press mascihine. The same kind used for making t-shirt.

The other option is a cutting plotter, these are used for comercials put on cars. Stika makes some that are rather small.

And finally one can use a what I guess is a plotter/printer for making stickers, and then the laminate the stikers.

The question is then how durable are these solutions?

One should think that the cutting plotter would be used be train and aeroplain model builders?

Thanks for all the help, hope you have more to share.

Best regards Mads

Production and sale under the OKI brand also ended, if I recall correctly in 2004. Earlier this year, some lucky shop here in The Netherlands stumbled over a pallet of these printers, and people from as far as the south of France showed up to buy them. You could check

Rob

You may not need a converter. My ALPS is multi voltage, you just need the right plug.

Check the back wherre the info is written out.

Rich