ben_danger
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hi there! i am an illustrator in need of some technical assistance!
i produce small 'zines' using my inkjet printer at home. it is a cheap old colour hp (black cartridge and CMY cartridge). i only print using black to keep costs down, and as colour isnt a key part of my practice. the one thing that annoys me about this printer is that if i use up all my cyan, the remaining magenta and yellow goes in the bin. but today i had an idea....
would it be possible to:
mix my own inkjet inks, for a printer (preferably a b/w printer, and preferably A3, although A4 is fine.)
i would make 2 A4 images to print. one which is black outlines, one which is blocks of a single custom colour. i would print using a cartiridge filled with custom black, then put the paper back in to print with custom colour. it would be used to produce these results
Issue 1 of NOBROW magazine
it would basically be a poor mans lithograph studio.
i would like the random offsetting that would occur, so no need to worry about that.
could someone suggest a good printer that could be used for this?
all correspondence and suggestions are very welcome, as a sort of prize, the genius, or group of genii (is that the plural?) will recieve the first copies of whatever zine i produce by this method.
thanks!
ben
i produce small 'zines' using my inkjet printer at home. it is a cheap old colour hp (black cartridge and CMY cartridge). i only print using black to keep costs down, and as colour isnt a key part of my practice. the one thing that annoys me about this printer is that if i use up all my cyan, the remaining magenta and yellow goes in the bin. but today i had an idea....
would it be possible to:
mix my own inkjet inks, for a printer (preferably a b/w printer, and preferably A3, although A4 is fine.)
i would make 2 A4 images to print. one which is black outlines, one which is blocks of a single custom colour. i would print using a cartiridge filled with custom black, then put the paper back in to print with custom colour. it would be used to produce these results

Issue 1 of NOBROW magazine
it would basically be a poor mans lithograph studio.
i would like the random offsetting that would occur, so no need to worry about that.
could someone suggest a good printer that could be used for this?
all correspondence and suggestions are very welcome, as a sort of prize, the genius, or group of genii (is that the plural?) will recieve the first copies of whatever zine i produce by this method.
thanks!
ben