Okay, I finally got around to doing a little work on this. I bought acetone at Meijer. That easily strips all the paint off a card without ruining it. Gives a wonderfully printable surface. I found an appropriate image and just printed it from firefox. It was close to the right size. I cut it out and taped the card in its spot. Printed again. The net result was not amazing, but proves that it can be done.

So, I think we need something that works with images to print from rather than generic _____ program. Photoshop seems the right choice. Then we can take the high quality image and perfectly size it. That will produce the best print quality.

Next, I've read that the ink will affix better if you lightly sand the card after removing the art. We're talking like 800-1000 grade sandpaper. I haven't found anything higher than 300 in the local Meijer/Lowes/local Ace.

Lastly, I believe setting your printer to a cardstock setting will tell it to print slower and give the card more time to absorb the ink.

I'll be trying these steps out when I get around to it. This is just for regular cards, but I think the process will be similar for foils.

After I get this perfected, I'll write about the method more and then everyone else can try it on their own printers. If someone's works really well we can all make them print cards for us