Fredrick Paget on wed 12 may 10
>Has anyone tried to dope a printer cartridge with a stain or oxide
>to try to produce a photo transfer for pots?
>
>I was thinking if one matched the basic viscosity of the original
>ink, you might be able to get this to happen.
>
>Abusive to the printer, I know, but I have an old extra to
>experiment with- could be fun :)
>
>Paul Haigh
>Wileyhill.com
>Looking forward to good weather here in the Granite State for the
>first show of the year this weekend
Hi Wiley'
I tried to do this some years ago and never could figure out how to
grind the stain fine enough to go through the print head which has
tiny holes.They make pigment inks and grind them fine enough but the
grinder is a many thousand dollar machine and I don't have one.
Instead I developed the ink jet embossing method where a wet ink is
printed on plain decal paper and the stain is then put on by brushing
the dry powder across the image. It adheres to the image and the
clear areas are left clean. It can be rubbed down with a paper towel
after that to pick up any remaining loose stain. A coat of covercoat
laquer is applied and the decal is hung up to dry overnight. The ink
formula is not secret and I think it is in the archives.
I used to have it up on a dot mac homepage but gave that up last
year. If anyone wants the formula email me and I will send a copy of
the pdf.
If you lave off the cover coat I think the image will transfer to wet
clay by just pressing the decal on it facedown.
Your post got me thinking and it might work as you describe if you
use a soluble stain in the ink. Cobalt acetate is a good candidate.
You can easily make it from cobalt carbonate by disolving it in white
vinegar. Needs heat to make it dissolve. I set the flask on top of an
electric kiln during firing. Use a pyrex flask and put something
under it to space it up about an inch above the kiln top so it
doesn't boil over. This makes a blue stain. Try just adding the
cobalt acetate to some regular ink jet bulk ink and reload a
cartridge with it. Since most printers nowdays have chips on the
cartridges to prevent reloading you may have to study upon ways to
hack them.
--
Fred Paget
Twin Dragon Studio
Mill Valley, CA, USA
fredrick@well.com>
Charter Member Potters Council
Paul Haigh on wed 12 may 10
Has anyone tried to dope a printer cartridge with a stain or oxide to try t=
o produce a photo transfer for pots?
I was thinking if one matched the basic viscosity of the original ink, you =
might be able to get this to happen.
Abusive to the printer, I know, but I have an old extra to experiment with-=
could be fun :)
Paul Haigh
Wileyhill.com
Looking forward to good weather here in the Granite State for the first sho=
w of the year this weekend
James Freeman on wed 12 may 10
Paul...
Someone used to sell cobalt ink cartridges for inkjet printers
specifically for this purpose. I'll try to remember where I read
about it.
...James
James Freeman
"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I
should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."
-Michel de Montaigne
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/resources
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Paul Haigh wrote:
> Has anyone tried to dope a printer cartridge with a stain or oxide to try=
to produce a photo transfer for pots?
>
> I was thinking if one matched the basic viscosity of the original ink, yo=
u might be able to get this to happen.
>
> Abusive to the printer, I know, but I have an old extra to experiment wit=
h- could be fun :)
>
> Paul Haigh
> Wileyhill.com
> Looking forward to good weather here in the Granite State for the first s=
how of the year this weekend
>
Lis Allison on thu 13 may 10
On Wednesday 12 May 2010, you wrote:
> Has anyone tried to dope a printer cartridge with a stain or oxide to
> try to produce a photo transfer for pots?
>
> I was thinking if one matched the basic viscosity of the original ink,
> you might be able to get this to happen.
The tricky bit would be making sure the stain or oxide was finely enough
ground to not clog to printer nozzles.
Lis
--
Elisabeth Allison
Pine Ridge Studio
www.Pine-Ridge-Studio.blogspot.com
| |
|
