| Purchasing Digital Stamps, or Digi Stamps as they are | | | | first before launching into a larger project which could |
| commonly known, is a great way of building a library | | | | get ruined. Older InkJet printers seem to cause the |
| of images and is much more cost effective than | | | | most problems but if yours is newer do not |
| purchasing lots of rubber and acrylic stamps. Many | | | | automatically assume that it will work well. |
| card makers and scrap bookers love to colour Digital | | | | Simply choose the paper type that you plan to work |
| images using Copic Marker pens but this can create | | | | with and print out an image onto the paper. First of |
| some problems depending on which type of printer | | | | all choose a corner of the image to work straight on |
| you have. | | | | with your pens - if it does not cause "bleeding" your |
| Some printer inks work really well with Copic | | | | printer should be fine to use. I would recommend |
| markers, some work if you heat set the ink before | | | | using a light coloured pen so you can easily see if the |
| you start to colour, some just need to "rest" before | | | | image edge bleeds. |
| colouring and some just do not work well at all and | | | | If it does bleed then print out the same image again |
| the ink will bleed. | | | | on another part of the paper and this time let it rest |
| As a rule of thumb Copic Marker pens will work well | | | | for a few minutes before again trying to colour If |
| with any digi images printed out on a laser printer or | | | | this again does not work, reprint once more and then |
| a normal standard photocopier. Laser printers and | | | | heat set the image using a heat gun before starting |
| photocopiers work using a toner based system which | | | | to colour. |
| means that the image is printed onto the paper by | | | | If you find your printer ink will not work with the |
| the machine actually melting the toner onto the | | | | Copic pens after trying all these methods then you |
| paper. This means that the ink in the Copic Markers | | | | can consider still using the Copics but stopping your |
| which is an alcohol ink will not bleed into the image | | | | colouring just short of the printed edge which you |
| lines. | | | | would normally be colouring up to. If you are then |
| However most home printers are still InkJet printers | | | | not satisfied with the finished work I would just |
| and the ink formula in different models can differ. | | | | accept that you need to look to another medium for |
| The only way you can be sure that your printer is | | | | colouring in your Digi-Stamps! |
| suitable to use with Copic Markers is by testing it out | | | | |