2007-08-27 01:29:18 · 4 answers · asked by lissy111_2000 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
The hot foil method is readily available at most printers.
The only home printer that I know does metallics is call an ALPS. I've had three of them and they are simple GREAT printers, but very, very hard to keep working....so I sold mine on ebay. They print the most beautiful prints I've ever seen. But they haven't been made in several years but they can still be repaired. I would NOT suggest you buy one though.
2007-08-30 05:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is done by a hot foil process if you mean the shiny lettering on things like book covers. The foil is on a roll and the letters are heated and pressed onto the foil which presses onto the paper or card. You can buy a simple little foil blocking machine quite cheaply. You cannot print in metallic on a computer printer.
Later.
You could do it at home by getting a block made of the letters and heating it up and pressing it onto the card with the foil in between. It would be slow.
2007-08-27 09:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by Professor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the first one I don't know but the second is No! You can have the effect of metalics but not the exact *color*.
2007-08-27 08:46:46 · answer #3 · answered by star_kd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is sometimes a foil stamp, and sometimes it is metallic ink. And no, you can't do it at home.
2007-08-27 14:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by ds37x 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋