Kate K
Print Lurker
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2014
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- 3
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- Printer Model
- Epson Expression Home XP-310
Hello all!
To start with, I am an artist (a photographer to be exact), and so I print my work all the time. When it comes to printing however, I have always just worried about print size and paper/canvas type, not the technical aspect of it. I guess I've always just thought of it as a mysterious and wishy washy phenomenon. To put my situation frankly, I know absolutely nothing about printers and printing.
This puts me in a bit of a bind for I have a project in mind. In order to do the project, I need to have my printer, an Epson Expression, print in such a way that the ink is not dry when the photo comes out. I need the ink to be wet. I have been doing some research into how I could achieve this, and so far I have been left utterly confused. All of the technical jargon is far beyond my comprehension. As I understand it right now, many inkjet printers have a UV light in them that forces the ink to dry and dry quickly. Am I correct in that? If that is the case, then do you guys think I could get the effect I want by disassembling my printer and removing the UV light? What does the UV light even look like? I know this is a bit of an odd question, but any help you guys could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you SO much!
To start with, I am an artist (a photographer to be exact), and so I print my work all the time. When it comes to printing however, I have always just worried about print size and paper/canvas type, not the technical aspect of it. I guess I've always just thought of it as a mysterious and wishy washy phenomenon. To put my situation frankly, I know absolutely nothing about printers and printing.
This puts me in a bit of a bind for I have a project in mind. In order to do the project, I need to have my printer, an Epson Expression, print in such a way that the ink is not dry when the photo comes out. I need the ink to be wet. I have been doing some research into how I could achieve this, and so far I have been left utterly confused. All of the technical jargon is far beyond my comprehension. As I understand it right now, many inkjet printers have a UV light in them that forces the ink to dry and dry quickly. Am I correct in that? If that is the case, then do you guys think I could get the effect I want by disassembling my printer and removing the UV light? What does the UV light even look like? I know this is a bit of an odd question, but any help you guys could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you SO much!