Thursday, June 10, 2010
Inkjet printing on Aluminum and More
Here is a good tutorial for inkjet printing on aluminum. The writer suggests using inkAID to prepare the surface for printing. Apparently this product can be used on many different substrates - papers, fabrics and more - to prepare the surfaces for inkjet printing. Has anyone tried this product?
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It sounds interesting. I can think of all sorts of uses for that in miniature depending on the look it affords.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about trying some old tintypes, but at over $35 for a quart, it's a bit costly.
ReplyDeleteIt really sounds interesting, sadly I have only a laserjet and it's not even working well :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Carol. I had a look at the link, it's certainly interesting. I've never heard of that product.
ReplyDeleteI came across an interesting idea for transfering printer ink on an art blog a few days ago which was to print (reversing the image of course)on plastic - eg sheet protectors - because the ink doesn't dry on it, and then put the ink side down on the wood, etc, you wanted to transfer to - it's important not to press hard or it smudges. I haven't tried it yet but it probably has a lot of possible applications although it might need a bit of practice to get it right. Certainly it seems there are quite a lot of creative people out there doing all kinds of fascinating things with printer images.
Here is the link to the photography art blog I mentioned that has the info about inkjet transfer techniques
ReplyDeletehttp://nonphotography.com/blog/techniques/
It's so exciting to know this information.
ReplyDeleteIn fact I was looking for some decal paper and did not get a conclusion yet.
Thanks for the sharing, Carol!
Hugs,
Oiseau
I would love to have a go especially for some photographs but knowing my luck I would damage my printer! I do have a very old printer and might try some miniature photographs!
ReplyDeleteNorma - thanks for the link. It has some great ideas for on it. Too bad I just gave away my scanner :)
ReplyDeleteThe transfer technique sounds interesting. If you try it, please let us know how it goes. I would think that it would work well for projects where soft or "grunged-up" graphics are appropriate - the Paris stencil, for example.
*GULP* You gave away your scanner!!?? I'd rather cut off my left arm - my right arm is reserved in case I ever have to cut that off if I am in danger of losing my printer - my head is reserved in case anyone wants to take away my compter ;)
ReplyDeleteI've just finished my last uni assignment for this semester and am on break now until mid July so I'm definately going to give that 'plastic transfer' technique a whirl. On the fact of it it seems kind of strange, and difficult to control, but worth a try. If it's not too difficult to master it's potentially a lot easier that the technique that involves doing the Modge Podge covering and later removal of the paper. However, there's perhaps more control possible with that. I'll certainly post about the experiments :)