On 11/11/2020 3:09 PM, Cathy Choy wrote:
I happened to see a model on Komatsu's Flickr page that he says was
made from kami printed on one side with an inkjet printer. Does anyone
have any experience putting kami through a printer and what are tips
for doing so?
I've had some luck with most of the commercial kami and washi. You'll
want to take time to be sure the printer paper tray is adjusted, if it
can be. On some printers, doing a sheet at a time is fairly easy with
the bypass slot. To be safe, you can feed them one at a time that way.
Of course, with the thinner papers, too much printing may cause them to
get a bit "water-logged" and will be easy to tear unless you let it
dry. You may also have some waviness that you may need to press out.
I've usually kept my printing fairly light, so I've not had any problems.
And, of course, you are limited to the paper width of the printer. You
can play with the length in your graphics program or word processor, if
you have longer paper. Custom paper sizes can let you print 2 or 3
items to a sheet. I experimented with plain bond paper, cut to size, to
get things lined up right and figure out what process to use.
Good luck!
JRSM
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