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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: simplify on March 01, 2010, 06:25:29 pm
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We run into quite a few instances where we could use some inkjet spotting pens. Does anyone know if there is anything like this on the market?
Thanks,
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I would be interested too. My Epson ruined a fairly large print on the weekend right near the end when it decided to splatter a few black spots for no reason. I haven't tossed the print yet, so I'm hoping you might be on to something here.
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I would be interested too. My Epson ruined a fairly large print on the weekend right near the end when it decided to splatter a few black spots for no reason. I haven't tossed the print yet, so I'm hoping you might be on to something here.
You might try saving your old used-up ink cartridges - which still have a little ink - puncture the cartridge color closest to your retouch needs - and dilute the color (I used a little water) - or it will be too saturated - and carefully brush on your spots - I have done this with minor problems.
Howard
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We run into quite a few instances where we could use some inkjet spotting pens. Does anyone know if there is anything like this on the market?
Thanks,
Refillable drafting pens like the Rötring models, the Staedtler Marsmatic 700. Below 0.25mm tip the 0.13 mm version preferable. Fill them with the lightest inks of your empty carts LC,LM,Y, LLK and one Black. They never dry in, better than the drafting inks ever have been.
Another approach more suited for matt prints is Watercolor pencils. Good brands that have good fade resistance. Sharp point + a wet sponge nearby to soften the tip. Make some trials.
On their fading properties:
http://rozwoundup.typepad.com/roz_wound_up/derwent/ (http://rozwoundup.typepad.com/roz_wound_up/derwent/)
http://www.squidoo.com/colpencils#module2037329 (http://www.squidoo.com/colpencils#module2037329)
met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla
Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/)
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Take a look at the Faber-Castell Pitt artist pens. They are pigmented drawing ink and come in different nibs, small, medium and brush. I think you might like them. Great choice of colors. http://www.faber-castell.com (http://www.faber-castell.com)
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We run into quite a few instances where we could use some inkjet spotting pens. Does anyone know if there is anything like this on the market?
Thanks,
Just pull the ink cart from the printer of the closest color (or save your empties-they are never really empty) and stick a 000 brush into the orifice in to get some ink and spot just like we did on traditional prints.
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Just pull the ink cart from the printer of the closest color (or save your empties-they are never really empty) and stick a 000 brush into the orifice in to get some ink and spot just like we did on traditional prints.
I still have my complete set of darkroom spotting pens; the grey set (about 10 pens ranging from black to very very light grey), and the complete color set-about 20 pens of every color you can think of. I have used them for minor dust spots on my Epson prints. The question is, I don't know where to purchase them now days (glad I still have mine)
Best
Dave
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If it's an important large work on expensive media, and if your printer will co-operate, use a non absorbent media such as a thin sheet of clear flexible film, and print the appropriate part of the image on it. When it comes out the ink won't have soaked away and will be the exact colors missing from the large image. Use a small paint brush to fill in the missing bits.
Some experimentation might be required to get some wet ink that isn't so much that it mixes freely with adjacent color, or make sure you
only print the one color at a time.