California Ink-Jet Hologram Tutorial

[Sean]

I was going to save this for the new SecurityWiz site, but since there
seems to be a lot of interest in this method at the moment, I thought I
would clear up some confusion and post it now. It's a step-by-step
photo tutorial for making CA-style Pearl-Ex holograms with only an
ink-jet printer. Hopefully this will give some of you a better idea
what this method is all about, put to rest some doubts, and help people
improve their technique. If you have any further questions, comments,
etc. post them in this thread.


You can download the tutorial here:

http://rapidshare.de/files/11495457/inkjet_holo.zip.html

Enjoy!

- Sean

[amh1010]

Thanks for the nice tutorial.

[Blad Krytyczny]

You did an excellent job on the tutorial. I'm looking forward to
http://securitywiz.net/ becoming active. I was wondering: which hosting
service did you use to host the site? If a site has possibly
objectionable content, maybe it's best to choose a hosting company in a
country far from America. And it seems you don't really have to put
your own name on the Wois lookup.

[Sean]

I don't actually have any affiliation with SecurityWiz, I just provided
it to someone who is making sure it will be there. I'm also looking
forward to the site coming back, it was always really helpful to me,
and thats part of the reason I wanted to provide some content for them.

[Blad Krytyczny]

I'm sure he'll/she'll use it. But if you just want to put it up
somewhere, this place is simple enough: http://members.freewebs.com/

[Stryker]

That link isnt pointing to the file anymore. Does anyone still have
the file?

Post by Sean
I was going to save this for the new SecurityWiz site, but since there
seems to be a lot of interest in this method at the moment, I thought I
would clear up some confusion and post it now. It's a step-by-step
photo tutorial for making CA-style Pearl-Ex holograms with only an
ink-jet printer. Hopefully this will give some of you a better idea
what this method is all about, put to rest some doubts, and help people
improve their technique. If you have any further questions, comments,
etc. post them in this thread.
http://rapidshare.de/files/11495457/inkjet_holo.zip.html
Enjoy!
- Sean

[Stryker]

That link isnt pointing to the file anymore. Does anyone still have
the file?

Post by Sean
I was going to save this for the new SecurityWiz site, but since there
seems to be a lot of interest in this method at the moment, I thought I
would clear up some confusion and post it now. It's a step-by-step
photo tutorial for making CA-style Pearl-Ex holograms with only an
ink-jet printer. Hopefully this will give some of you a better idea
what this method is all about, put to rest some doubts, and help people
improve their technique. If you have any further questions, comments,
etc. post them in this thread.
http://rapidshare.de/files/11495457/inkjet_holo.zip.html
Enjoy!
- Sean

[tale]

I don't understand, do I put the printed copy under the plastic pouch
and sprinkle the pearlex on top of the plastic?

[Rompe]

I've been using thism method and I have been getting some nice results.
However, I do not know how to achieve a "true" holo effect. My copy is
visible from all angles, unlike a real holo which is supposed to be
viewed only from an angle. Do I need to mix the Pearl Ex with a
transparent base or something

[Sean]

Well, hologram is really a misnomer, "metallic seal" is probably a
closer approximation of what you're duplicating. If you look at the
real IDs that have this, the seal is visible from all angles, it just
changes colors slightly depending on which. An actual full-spectrum
hologram is really, really difficult to duplicate. The beauty of
"metallic seals" is that they look pretty legit, but are well within
the capabilities of counterfeiters.

[Rompe]

Post by Sean
Well, hologram is really a misnomer, "metallic seal" is probably a
closer approximation of what you're duplicating. If you look at the
real IDs that have this, the seal is visible from all angles, it just
changes colors slightly depending on which. An actual full-spectrum
hologram is really, really difficult to duplicate. The beauty of
"metallic seals" is that they look pretty legit, but are well within
the capabilities of counterfeiters.

I understand now, actually I've never seen a US license, so I was not
sure of what the cali holos look like. The holo I'm trying tor
reproduce is invisible when viewed form certain angles, but it's not
multispectrum though, more of an interfence gold. I've ordered some
micropearl and macropearl pearl ex to try a new mixture, maybe this
will give me the transparent effect I'm looking for.

[b***@safe-mail.net]

Hey Sean,
I was wondering what kind of printer you were doing this with or if
you were doing anything special? I tried this method, however every
time my image comes out very blurry. I tried moving the pouch to
different areas on the paper, different ink settings for my printer,
and different paper weights nothing has seemed to help. I am trying
this on 10 mil gloss (as I have a surplus of this) and I am using a
Epson Stylus 200. Any help would be appreciated.

[Sean]

I use an HP PSC 1350. It's not a very pricy printer at all, in fact,
I'm pretty sure they run like less than $100. The main thing I would
check if your printouts on plastic are coming out blurry, is to make
sure that your laminate is secured to the paper you're using as a
"carrier" very well. If you tape it down poorly and it doesn't lie
flat, when it goes through the printer it will be really uneven and
give you a poor print, I've done it myself before. The best way I've
found to make a carrier is to take a transparency, cut a hole in it the
size of your lam pouch, and cover the hole with that sticky wrap you
use to cover books in high school. Flip it over, and you have a
restickable square the size of a lam pouch in the center of a page.
Just stick your pouch on there, smooth it out, and print. Of course,
using masking tape to tape a pouch to a piece of paper works too, but
this is much easier if you plan on doing it over and over.