On Nov 12, 2020, at 11:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > From: Cathy Choy <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > 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?
Hi, Cathy, I’ve done this, and sometimes I also use my printer to add pattern and color to the wrong side of metallic paper. My printer will do borderless printing only on letter-size paper, so I can’t feed smaller sizes directly into it unless I want a blank border. I attach the 15cm square to a sheet of letter paper using two half-inch pieces of Scotch Magic Tape, which is easy to remove. I attach the tape to both ends of the top edge of the kami, with only around a millimeter of the tape attached to the kami. After printing, I carefully peel off the tape, and there are only those two small slivers that aren’t printed. I’ve thought of buying some 8-inch white kami so I could dispense with the taping and cut the paper to size after printing. Happy folding! Jane
