I was topping up on my Spirit paper the other day and decided to get some from a company I hadn’t used before.

When it arrived I opend up the box and it had like a waxed sheet as the first sheet.
I haven’t come across this before so sent it back.

The spirit paper I have bought in the past has got tracing paper as the first sheet which is ideal for me either to hand draw the stencils or put through my dot matrix printer.

Has anyone else had this issue before.

Cheers

Woody

If I remember correctly the waxed sheets are use on Spirit Duplicating machines.  The waxed sheet is wrapped around the drum.

Lionel

Lionel - 23 June 2009 09:15 AM

If I remember correctly the waxed sheets are use on Spirit Duplicating machines.  The waxed sheet is wrapped around the drum.

Lionel

Thanks Lionel.

I’ll remember not to get my spirit paper from there again.

Woody

most suppliers just stock the spirit thermal copier paper which i find doesnt work in the dot matix set up
i get my spirit dot matrix paper from the states pm me if you want to know where from

I got my replacement spirit paper through from the supplier today and it works a treat.
Maybe I won’t strike them off the list quite yet.
Quick response and no extra charge.

Cool

Woody

Spirit papers get their name from the alcohols or “spirits” used in the manufacturing process. Typically these were methanol or polyvinyl alcohols and gave the paper a distinctive smell. The spirit papers use a leuko dye affixed to a paper that then reacts to heat, resulting in transfer of the dye to an acceptor. The image to be copied is exposed to an infrared light source which selectively heats the ink of the original. This heat is transferred via direct contact with the spirit people, effecting the transfer of the image.