If you've ever wished you could print a few odds and ends on waterproof Tyvek, you probably discovered that it's very difficult to impossible to purchase small quantities of the special coated stock suitable for inkjet printing at home and cost is out of sight. Regular Tyvek doesn't take printing all that well. I am considering purchase of a minimum quantity of 1000 sheets. I only need about 50 sheets. How many here would be interested in receiving 25 sheets of inkjet printable heavier gage 18# Tyvek for a $20 contribution to Equipped To Survive Foundation (shipping and packing to resist bending in shipment included)? Must be printed with a solvent based ink, not water based.

I am in!

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Are we talking 8.5" x 11"? Don't want to assume...

Yes

Will this stuff work with a laser printer/pen/pencil ?

Will NOT work in a laser printer. Pencil and permanent marker works.

Okay, I'm in.

If still putting this together, I'm interested.

I'm in for at least 100 sheets.

If I get just a couple more takers on this, then I'll be able to make it happen

Mr Ritter. I would be interested also

I'm in for a set.

I'll take a set

I'll take a set Doug.

Do all inkjet printer use solvent based ink? Or is that something special/unusual?

If this is still a living issue, I would be willing to buy more than one, but no more than three packs to make this work out. Just need to know how to pay/order and it'll be on it's way...

Here's the current situation. The supplier is unable/unwilling to guarantee that we can print on this stuff with conventional home/office ink jet printers. Basically, the distributor is ignorant and too lazy to research it with their source. Customer service at its finest. I'm not willing to lay out this kind of money with some assurance it will work.

I am trying to find out through other channels. I haven't given up, but it isn't easy...

What about the National Geographic paper? It's similar to Tyvek in properties. REI carries it for less than what the Tyvek order would have cost, so in quantity, you can probably get an even better deal. Would this work for your purposes?

http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductD...vcat=REI_SEARCH

silly question but:
Is std. H.P. injet ink solvent or water based??
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Depends on the cartridge. Mine has a solvent based ink.

Last I looked, it was more like Rite-In-the-Rain than Tyvek, but that was some time ago. "Tear resistant" covers a lot of ground. For my purposes, it really has to be virtually tear proof. I'll check it out.

Picked up some National Geographic "Adventure paper" from REI. Printed on an HP 85G OfficeJet with a #45 black cartridge

Printed black monochrome on lightest ink volume mode (1 step lower than Draft)

Looked fine. Printed both sides fine.

As warned on packaging, there was some minor lifting of the ink after immersion in water. I imagine if you printed with normal ink volume it would be much worse Didn't streak, per se, just some came off if you ran your finger over it while wet so I washed the entire surface off and dried and no more lifting.

Unfortunately, for my purposes, while it is a lot more tear resistant than plain old paper, it stretches first, it still isn't very strong with regards pull out and thus isn't suitable for my uses where I need to be able to attach it to things through a hole in the corner with a split ring or piece of braided masonry line. So, just fine if all you need is waterproof paper.

I am supposed to get some Tyvek samples end of next week and will test those.