Janet No, not exactly but it may come in the future! The image is printed on the swell paper which then has to be fed through a special machine with heat/light tubes to swell the image by heating the microcapsules of alcohol contained in the paper coating. The temperature has to be controlled according to how dense the blackness is. More black - less heat. Large areas of black should be printed in fine black/white stripes to avoid overheating and therefore over swelling of the area. Not difficult - one learns by experience. The machine is called a fuser. Take a look at Zychem's website for more info http://www.zychem-ltd.co.uk/ Best wishes Ann ____________ Ann Gardiner 01928 733040 -----Original Message----- From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janet Sent: 28 November 2006 22:13 To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [accessibleimage] Questions about Swell paper and tactile graphics Hi! I have been reading the emails about using a printer with Swell paper to create Tactile images. Please forgive my questions if they are ignorant. I haven't heard of this before and it sounds very interesting. Am I understanding correctly? You have an image, say a picture of a cat, you send the picture to an ink-ject printer loaded with this special paper, Swell paper, and it prints a raised line drawing? If this is not correct could you please explain it to me? Thanks