> The test bonding of photo copied glass cloth seems to work but I would
> caution that many photocopiers use silcone oil in their fusers. This might
> weaken the epoxy to glass bond. Testing is needed!

Might be a problem, but only on the actual image which is usually thin lines.

> The toners in copiers are colored with pigments, usually carbon for black.
> These should be pretty lightfast. Some inkjet blacks are colored with
> pigments but many are dyes which have lightfastness problems. Inkjet
> colors are usually dye based and have lightness problems. Printers
> claiming archive colors may depend on an ink to media interaction for this
> lightfastness. Fiberglass cloth is not the designed media so lightfastness
> is not a given.

Remember, I specifically said that I used photocopier and that inkjet printing would not work on glass cloth. Photocopying does work, just like it does on rice/tracing paper. The only advantage to copying onto glass cloth is that it TOTALLY disappears when wetted out. BTW, the archival inks that I am talking about are special pigment, not dye, based inks. Specifically "Generations" and "MIS" brands. These are museum grade products. But the inkjet technology will not print on glass or other synthetics.

> Kayak builders have the advantage of covering their graphics with epoxy
> and varnish. This may be enough protection from the ultraviolet light that
> fades a printers colors.

> It's good to remember the old rule, "One test is worth a thousand
> opinions."

Grant