Not sure what it is you want to print but you might look into printers used
by silkscreen shops. Not cheap but can print on hard/thick objects.
Some will print on cups, others will print no tiles up to 1/4 to 1" thick.
We've thought about do this but the volume we need does not yet justify the
cost.
<asparnique> wrote in message news:4b90f394$0$17804$...
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Not sure if myself if they ever existed, however I
> have seen plastic and paper envelopes clearly printed by some form of
> dot-matrix printer. These envelopes are not your standard letter
> envelopes, but rather with bubble-wrap inner lining for small objects etc.
> Just wondering how it would have been done, as I recently received my
> memory DDR DIMMs in such an envelope, with my address clearly printed with
> some form of dot-matrix printer. So I presume the envelope would have been
> fed into a machine that takes much thicker print media (other than paper),
> such as these bubble-wrap A4 type envelopes (from sealed-Air or similar).
>
> Who would make such printers that can cope with thicknesses between say,
> 2mm cardboard to 8mm bubble-wrap lined envelopes ?? Any ideas if these are
> readily available from Epson, etc. ?? Just wondering.
>
> Cheer, Mike
>
>
> "Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message
> news:hmpch0$bkh$...
>>I have been in the printer industry for a long time, and I'm not aware of
>>any such devices. Envelopes and even CDs can be fed into some printers
>>(mostly inkjet and thermal transfer). Many other things are done with
>>labels. I have never seen any device of the type you describe in 30 years
>>using any technology.
>>
>>
>> asparnique wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'd like to know if such printers as "surface printers" exist at a
>>> reasonable price ? Effectively its a printer that allows you to directly
>>> print onto a surface using a portable print-head. This print-head would
>>> most likely be a dot-matrix impact print-head with an ink ribbon or
>>> similar. This would allow the printer to be placed, say on a carton or
>>> other paper like surface, and thus print directly to the surface of the
>>> envelope or box for instance.
>>>
>>> I have often seen text printed directly onto envelopes, cartons, boxes
>>> etc. so these things must exist, including ones for semi-professional or
>>> consumer use etc. Any ideas, or what they might be called ? Perhaps
>>> Brother make them or Epson ?
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance for any hints, info etc.
>>>
>>> Regards, Mike
>
>
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