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Originally Posted by Jim Nunn
I think the laws of physics pertaining to the transmission of light will make this nearly impossible. The best you could expect is to allow some light to transfer through the paper but no detail will appear.
I would suggest a different approach. You can purchase from paper supply stores that cater to the printing industry printable clear sheets of plastic that are similar in weight to 67Lb paper. you must specify that it is for a laser printer or a inkjet printer. you will find it to be rather expensive. you are going to have another issue any treated paper with some sort of oil to make it somewhat transparent will also make it nearly impossible to glue. You may have the same gluing issue with the transparent stock.
If you are printing flags or some other part that needs to resemble cloth or a tarp tissue paper will work quite well on an inkjet printer. The ink will bleed through to the other side of the tissue paper but you will lose some detail. to print on tissue paper tape the tissue paper to a sheet of 67lb card stock. make sure that there are no loose ends that could jam your printer.
Jim Nunn
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Thanks for the reply and suggestions, I am actually gluing it before I treat it. So I essentially have a finished model which is colourful at the top but not on the bottom. Like I said it does have to be standard paper.
The material doesn't need to allow light through the page, it just has to reflect/refract light at roughly the same angle as the fibres in paper. Paper appears white because the air in the paper and the cellulose fibers scatter light in completely different directions. If you replace the air with a liquid that scatters in the same direction it becomes transparent. Oil does this quite well but it's obviously sticky to work with and can dry out.