thought on spotting..... could you just extract the ink from your spent cartridges with a syringe and mix colors like watercolor and use a small brush?
Ishotharold wrote:
thought on spotting..... could you just extract the ink from your spent cartridges with a syringe and mix colors like watercolor and use a small brush?
You really think the money you would save in not just reprinting it would be worth all that time and effort? It's not like the dark room days... now you can just hit print again...
Thanks Eric! That is another idea I may pursue. I had another print come out with a tiny spot...a highlight on a gray hair on a brunette model that I missed in retouching in CS4. I just picked the correct shade sharpie...lightly touched the tip three dots, and I can't even see it no matter how I tilt the print in the light. Not only did it save ink and paper...it saved time + it is permanent. The first print is an area about one quarter inch in diameter, and a gradient chocolate brown....I haven't done it yet, but I'm confident I can make an invisible touch up on that one too. Sharpies seem to have a luster type finish to them once dried...so they work really well.
James Markus wrote:
Thanks Eric! That is another idea I may pursue. I had another print come out with a tiny spot...a highlight on a gray hair on a brunette model that I missed in retouching in CS4. I just picked the correct shade sharpie...lightly touched the tip three dots, and I can't even see it no matter how I tilt the print in the light. Not only did it save ink and paper...it saved time + it is permanent. The first print is an area about one quarter inch in diameter, and a gradient chocolate brown....I haven't done it yet, but I'm confident I can make an invisible touch up on that one too. Sharpies seem to have a luster type finish to them once dried...so they work really well....Show more →
The only problem I can see is that sharpie ink is probably gonna fade/change colors pretty quickly .. . they might be permanent, but that doesn't make them archival.
I have heard of someone that "claimed" what they did was make a small file from the section they needed to spot, print that out on the backside of a piece of RC paper, and then using a brush they could pick up the colors where the spot was and use the printer ink to spot it. Theory is that sort of "mixed" the correct colors of ink, and the ink is still wet when you print it this way.
To me that sounds like a mess ... don't think I'd ever try it. I'd just reprint it.
