sublimation ribbons

[daveypainter]

i have several sub printers with empty cartridges and was wondering if i pull out the ribbon can i use sublimation ink to cover the various colours then let it dry before rewinding them to the start i have kodak,cannon and sony,can any one advise me before buying the thermal inks

[Justin]

Not sure you're in the right place here, the forum is for dye sublimation. Maybe someone might be able to offer some advice though

[RogerC]

sounds like 'Heath Robinson' to me and probably a messy expensive mistake waiting to happen....oh and welcome:biggrin:

[logobear]

You can reuse photo rubbings, but you will get a ghost of the previous photo prints

[daveypainter]

yes that makes sense,but surely if i recover it with sublimation ink then the shading would go,it would be interesting to try,as i have already undone a couple and rewind them ok,and was thinking it could be coated using a template,like screen printing,but use a small sponge or airbrush to cover it,its just that its both hard and dear to get new ones,the original idea must be the same

[John G]

You'd never get the ink to cover the ribbon evenly and I doubt it would dry as its an acetate like material.

Its a different process altogether - go on ebay, put your ribbon part number in and do a search - that's where I get my cannon selphy carts from.