Recent content by ThreeBearsPrints

Hmm. Just had a go at washing a piece of fabric which was primarily pinks and reds, and this really ran. So I'm going to do some experiments with dye fixers and printing onto gesso. Will report back!

Oh and I use a Canon Pixma ix 6550. I just printed onto a bog standard bit of cotton I had lying around for the dachsies - and onto thickish silk for the pandas and ducklings

Hello everyone, thank you for your lovely comments. So yes, I've been printing directly onto fabric - I know there are different techniques you can use, like ironing the fabric onto freezer paper - but I definitely got the best results by using the mountspray technique - by placing the fabric...

Hello there! So I refill my ink tanks with Lyson inks - so they're allegedly permanent.... I've ironed my items and handwashed them with no disasters - but not machine washed them - now my printers back up and running I plan to experiment - will let you know how this goes,

Just in case anyone ever faces the same problem ....and who knows if this is a good idea or not ... but I lifted the cover which seemed to clear the paper jam message. I put in an A4 piece of paper to print something simple and standard. As it was going through, I pulled the paper up a bit - an...

I've (possibly rather foolishly) been printing onto rice paper - extremely thin paper - and a piece has completely disappeared into my Canon Pixma ix6550. It was a custom size piece - 8cm x 15cm. I'd had no problems printing on custom smaller sizes of rice paper before - but unfortunately, this...

Hello everyone I'm relatively new to the world of refilling cartridges - I've owned a brilliant Canon Pixma ix6550 for the last 18 months and had no problems refilling compatible print cartridges with Lyson Inks until last week. For some reason, even when I bought new cartridges and refilled...