Color Printer Kit – Roller Printing with Carbon Paper and Stencils, STEM Model
Explore the history of printing: roll red and blue carbon paper through a mini press to print cartoons and your own stencil designs.
Designed by Mematrix Lab
Description
Print your own pictures
This hands-on kit recreates how printing works. Cut out the stencil shapes, lay red or blue carbon paper over plain paper on the green printing bed, then roll or trace to transfer the picture. Along the way children learn how printing developed in China, from carved woodblocks to movable type and roller printing.
Science it demonstrates
- Transfer printing: pressure moves pigment from carbon paper onto paper
- Relief and stencil printing
- Mixing two colours to print in several colours
- History of printing: woodblocks, movable type and roller presses
What you'll do
- Assemble the roller and the printing bed
- Cut out the circle stencils
- Lay paper, carbon paper and a pattern on the bed
- Roll or trace firmly, then lift the paper to see the print
Parts list
- Green printing bed and roller
- Red and blue carbon paper
- Stencil sheet with cut-out shapes
- Cartoon pattern card
- 2 tracing pens
- Plain paper
Good to know
- No batteries or electronics.
- The kit comes in an English-language "Science Museum at Home" box.
- Contains small parts. Recommended for ages 8 and up, with adult guidance.
Specs and Docs
- Model
- EK-D044
- Box size
- Approx. 22.5 × 16.5 × 7 cm
- Material
- ABS plastic and paper
- Suggested age
- 8+ with adult guidance
Shipping
Standard shipping: $9.00 for the first item, +$1.80 for each additional item. Free shipping on orders over $260.
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