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The creativity of the inkjet printer is booming.
Gone
are the days when you only used 80gms paper in an inkjet printer now
there is a vast array of papers and fabrics which can be fed directly
through an inkjet printer. Businesses and schools and other hobby
enthusiasts are discovering the artistic ability of the home inkjet
printer to help them create their own personal media or enhance an
existing hobby.Crafty Computer Paper Ltd is the only company of
its kind in the UK and Europe and they are on a mission to sell as many
different kinds of unusual inkjet media as possible. Charlotte Gaisford
founded the company in 2003 and started trading out of a spare bedroom
at home. Now the company is turning over ¼ million a year and selling
specialist inkjet media to customers all over the world via the
internet.You might think reading this how boring it is to talk about
computers and art but with the introduction of the digital camera more
and more people want to display their photos on different media and
surfaces. They want to make one off projects without having to go to a
print shop or buy the minimum print run.What are the different types of
paper available? Here is a description of just a few on offer. One of
the best sellers is 100% fabric which can be fed through the inkjet
printer, a backing paper is peeled off and the fabric can then be sewn.
Boy George used this fabric paper to design his collection at London
Fashion week 2006. Textile designers, Quilters and fashion designers
are all enjoying the ability to add their own images and photos to
fabric. The fabric not only is available in plain cotton but there are
silk, linen and voile versions too.Another paper which sells
well is the Water-slide decal paper. Crafty Computer Paper has a
customer category called ‘A Roy’ named after Roy Cropper from
Coronation Street. This best describes the customer who buys this paper
to customise their model trains, dinky toys etc… It is like the old
fashioned water-slide paper which came with model kits many years ago.
With the introduction of the inkjet version these Roys are in their
element re-creating their boy hood hobbies once again. Ardent
Productions is a regular customer and buys this paper to help aid in
the production of ‘Wallace and Gromit’ and other animations. Because it
is so versatile and can be applied to almost any hard surface, anything
can be customised with a photo or text. Nail technicians also buy this
paper to customise nails and the most unusual request Crafty Computer
Paper has had was could it be used on a Head Stone.Badges and jewellery
can be made using the inkjet shrink paper, this is printed off then
placed in an oven for 2 minutes and the paper turns into a hard three
dimensional object. Inkjet tattoo paper is popular and many companies
use it for promotional purposes, it gives the same effect as a real
tattoo but without the pain.The variety of customers who buy this paper
is endless from young kids to OAPs. Everybody is using their computer
to create with and show off their images in different forms. The OAPS
are the most computer literate and it is not unusual to have an 80 year
ringing for more information and being very articulate about their
computer knowledge.The specialist papers and fabric now available is
endless. Crafty Computer Paper only sells paper they would use
themselves and insist that it can be used in any home printer. All the
papers are tested on cheap printers and if it doesn’t go through them
then they don’t sell it. No specialist knowledge is needed to create
using the inkjet printer. Crafty Computer Paper’s website has an
amazing collection of free graphics to download and project ideas with
free templates.If you are ever wanting to make your Granny a mug with
your photo on or your dog a bandana, look at the inkjet printer in a
different light and you will be surprised at what else it can do.
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