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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago

I listened to my intrusive thoughts and filled a cheap fountain pen with (dye-based) printer ink.

I hoped for the darkest black, but it actually looks gray when used with a pen :(

But yeah, it works. It feathers and bleeds through a lot on cheap paper, but it works. By that I mean that it bleeds even through 120g/m^2^ printer paper. Maybe I could try drying it a bit first...
Might look good with cyan.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

Oh no. Now I'm thinking about whether I can make fountain pen ink work in my ecotank printer.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

I doubt it.

Although, I guess ecotank will have piezoelectric nozzles since they're permanent, so there shouldn't be a problem with how it behaves under heat, but viscosity (if that's the right word) and particle size...

Sounds like a bad idea.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

Probably a terrible idea. I do also have a sacrificial HP in the garage to rip apart and try to implement a FOSS/OSHW controller for at some point. Maybe I'll try with that eventually, supposing I can hack together a nozzle.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

My dude, it's currently.. well, almost 4AM. The average 3AM thinking got me to try it. It prints.

A bad idea anyway, but it fucking works (at least short term).

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Good to know! Thanks for reporting back with results.

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