Hand Prints on Mugs etc

[Renniwano]

This is why I prefer to work with the inkless wipes.. they are the same thing they use in hospitals with newborns.. and pick up fantastic detail

[arthur.daley]

I got mine from ebay.. the only issue is that if you touch the wipe.. then the paper you will get fingerprints appear too.. so you do have to be really careful with them..

I then scan them into my laptop.. crop the images and print

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of course as soon as you mentioned finger prints it was obvious! i think this is a job for two pairs of hands - one to hold the limb firmly and apply the wipe and another to apply the paper! I thought that it might be a good idea to tape the paper to a piece of card and take that to the hand/foot rather than just putting the paper on a flat surface and trying to manipulate the child into position!

Scan and print was exactly what I thought to do, unless I had a huge number in which case I would probably shoot them with a camera on a copy stand and then batch process in photoshop just as I would with a scan.


Arthur

[arthur.daley]

You can get the MSDS and COSHH sheets from the ink manufacturer to check safety of skin contact with inks.
If the inks aren't running through a printer then the Sawgrass patent is not involved.

Can't think of other scenarios which would involve litigation

As far as litigation goes - if a child had any kind of reaction however small even if it were days after the initial contact your lawyers would be advising you to settle out of court (with no admission of guilt and imposing a gagging order) - even if you are convinced that you are in th right. Defending litigation in court isn't something you would want to take on lightly or without very deep pockets as the even if you win unless the court took the view that this was vexatious litigation they are highly unlikely to award you costs against joe public.

I very much doubt that Sawgrass would warrant their inks as being safe for skin contact - especially on very young children. I must confess at this point that I haven't actually read the safety data on the inks and don't even know if they are water soluble - having painted a childs hands or feet you still have to get the stuff off! Plus there would be all kinds of issues over coverage and film thickness required to get a dense enough impression onto the dye sub paper.

One other minor detail would be that you could only work with hands and feet that will fit onto the mugs )



Arthur

[Dave271069]

most babies dont know where there nearest lawyers are so you should be fine!!!!:rolleyes: i'll get my coat!

[Paul]

you can add disclaimer to the service. so parents not going to sue you when a spot pop out

[RogerC]

From what I understand in the OP this is for Mums to have little ones hand/foot prints on sub mugs/coasters.

I would think the best way would be to have the playgroup staff get the kids to make their prints at playschool, they do this sort of 'painting' thing all the time. They then send them to you, you scan them and print onto sub paper. Job jobbed and no worries about COSH or other H&S concerns because you are not dealing directly with the children.

[FutureProject]

little late on this but maybe a flatbed scanner and invert the image..

obviously the glass and kids don't mix but a sheet of sturdy perspex probably would have solved that problem.. or put the scanner vertical so they can't apply any real pressure to it..

[arthur.daley]

Hi FP

You don't have children do you ??? ;o)

Nice idea but it would never work - you'd never keep a child still enough to get a scan. I do like the idea of using a scan as you get the genuine item and not a print of it but it would just take toooooo long.


Arthur

[FutureProject]

I've seen people make home made jigs.. I'm sure the skills are transferable to making shackles

[JMugs]

Photograph them?