All you need is:
- The special transfer paper
- A HP or Canon Black and White only Laser Printer (see below)
- Access to a kiln.
This pack of 10 x 216 x 279mm (US standard paper size) sheets comes with easy to follow step by step instructions.
Also included is a ramp and hold firing chart for firing glass in a ceramic kiln. Use a black and white printer to print images or text onto the photo fusing paper and then fuse the image directly onto your glass work resulting in a vintage sepia effect. It is possible to add colour to your images by adding enamels or glass powders either on top of or under the image.
See the pdfs for more information.
These decals are not suitable for firing onto glass with a coating e.g. iridised glass.
Printers that work for fusing images on glass:
Many HP or Canon (no other brands) black-only laser printer, copier or fax machines work as long as it has no capability for printing in colour. If printing photographs you may want to get a machine that can print 1200 dpi, however 600dpi is a good quality print. You do not need an expensive machine, but be sure it has a manual feed tray. Customers have recommended the HP Laser Jet Pro M15A with original toner. We use the HP Laserjet P2035 with the Original CE505A Black Laserjet Laser Toner Cartridge.
It is the toner cartridge that is the most important factor in whether it will work. It must contain 30-60% iron oxide. According to our research the following toner cartridges should work:
- HP CE505A (the one we use here and the one we recommend)
- HP CF244A (fits the M15A printer recommended by other customers)
- HP 87A (fits the M501 printer recommended by other customers)
- HP 51A (fits printers recommended by paper manufacturer)
- HP 53A (fits printers recommended by paper manufacturer)
- Canon 719 Black (fits printers recommended by paper manufacturer)
