Laser Printing on Evergreen Styrene Sheets - Model Railroader Magazine
Mia Walsh
Updated on April 07, 2026
Actually, if you want to print on styrene, thereIS a way to do it, indirectly...
It's called the "toner transfer method".
Print what you want IN REVERSE onto a transparency using a laser printer. Then you can use a household iron to transfer the image onto the styrene. You have to be careful not to get the iron too hot or you'll melt the styrene, obviously.
I use this method quite often to make PC boards (the toner acts as etch resist).
Granted, it's not the BEST method, but it does work. The downside is that you lose a bit of resolution on your image...fine lines can get a bit blurred.
Robert Beaty
The Laughing Hippie
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Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the
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