Making Proprietary Decals - Which ALPS Printer?

[nachoman]

Thanks for you advice! I knew the APLS printers were no longer in production but I was under the impression from reading posts on the Yahoo APLS Decal Group site that cartridges of white ink (not ribbons - ribbons were probably for the dot-matrix printers) were no problem to acquire. :?: :?

I think these were thermal printers and not "ink jet", and in fact used ribbons. I certainly may be wrong, though. If there is a demand, I am sure someone else will come out with a printer or ink that prints white, but my guess is with such a limited market it will be expensive. I certainly understand wanting to have more personal control over the process, though. A few years ago I looked a little bit into finding an ALPS, but quickly decided it wasn't worth my limited funds. There is no harm in doing your own investigation, though. I figured for me the only way it would be worth it is if I could find one cheap (such as at yard sale). It just seemed to high of a price to pay for a printer with a big unknown of future ink availability.