Glass cleaner, as in Windex or Invisible Glass? Hmmm... I'll have to try.If you have no luck, glass cleaner is kryptonite to Epson and Canon aqueous pigment ink - I believe the glycol is the killer part.
if you are trying to add some water to a print and have it run like water-colors, then you may want to look at a Canon prograf - last one I had was 8300. They use the aqueous inks, but most substrate has a hydrophillic coating to help quickly lock the pigment to the sheet. We had some prints on engineering bond - close to plain 20# bond paper - that we then got wet and it would have a chromatography effect where the ink runs with the water... you may want to take a few sample media to a Canon dealer and get some test prints to see if this will work for you.Resurrecting this older thread.
Is there anyone on this forum that runs a inkjet printer with dye inks??
Can anyone recommend a place? (any location in the US is fine)
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if you haven't checked them, I still recommend it.... or post a sample of what you are trying to do so we can see. The Canon printed on non-aqueous receptive paper and them dampened can give a very similar look to water colors... as to 'dye' or 'pigment' printing - all dyes have pigments most pigments can also dye - the dye verb meaning to actually adhere itself to a substrate as opposed to pigment merely sitting on top or bound by some adhesive. the most common 'dye' printers use is for sublimating - where the gaseous dye is flowed into areas where it condenses into the micro-texture of the substrate... a very strong mechanical bond, some Van Der Waal bonding as well. But this will absolutely be set in place and not migrate when dampened.Thanks for the reply... however, dyes have much more water solubility then any of the aqueous pigment inks. This is what I'm looking for....
I like this new approach - like the old effect of scanning a crinkled sheet of paper so the final looks like a crinkled then flattened sheet.Run your image file through a watercolor photoshop filter and have AI (artificial intelligence) add watercolor effect, then print with any printer. You should be able to do the effect digitally and then just print
Can you take fine art papers (200gsm - 330gsm) and run them through your printer?I have access to water based, let me know what you want.
You should look up the difference between dyes and pigments, I think you might be surprised.if you haven't checked them, I still recommend it.... or post a sample of what you are trying to do so we can see. The Canon printed on non-aqueous receptive paper and them dampened can give a very similar look to water colors... as to 'dye' or 'pigment' printing - all dyes have pigments most pigments can also dye - the dye verb meaning to actually adhere itself to a substrate as opposed to pigment merely sitting on top or bound by some adhesive. the most common 'dye' printers use is for sublimating - where the gaseous dye is flowed into areas where it condenses into the micro-texture of the substrate... a very strong mechanical bond, some Van Der Waal bonding as well. But this will absolutely be set in place and not migrate when dampened.
Basically though the difference between 'dye' and 'pigment' based printing is mostly semantic and not chemical - there are great chemical overlaps within the common description of both. Without having seen the final you are looking for, I can say that the Canon 8300 we retired a few years ago behaved like it was using 'dyes' and not 'pigments' - at least in the classic sense.
Yes, up to 54". Just look for someone with an HP-Z series waterbased printer.Can you take fine art papers (200gsm - 330gsm) and run them through your printer?
How large can you print on the water soluble printer?
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I know the difference from a chemical background - not sure what definition you are using. the general difference from a chemical standpoint is how the color is adhered - inks use binders, dyes adhere themselves. pigments are used to color things and can made to work as dyes in some areas, but can also be mixed with binders to make inks.You should look up the difference between dyes and pigments, I think you might be surprised.
I feel comfortable with my understanding of what is happening chemically with these - again, if you clarify the actual final result you are looking for you may find there are many more solutions you are looking for than what you are looking at by restricting your knowledge to the lay-knowledge of a single industry.You should look up the difference between dyes and pigments, I think you might be surprised.