So I bought some of that, made-for-idiots pre-perfolated business card paper for the Epson.
The trouble is, it took me a good 3 hours to make some so so business cards. I'll never get these again -
for making business cards.
One thing I did find out that's really interesting is that if you print on the reverse side of the side you're supposed to, as I did for the first two hours, the ink from at least my inkjet printer can't get under the surface and just sort of stayes there, bubbling up link the oil slick it is.
Slick business cards, no; smudgy fun,
Yes!
The ink takes a really long time to dry, but this is really good, if you want, like me, to be able to move the ink around the paper rather freely with your finger, or nail, or what have you. It reminded me of some polaroid experiments I used to do.
Here's the fruits of my labor, a self portrait spanning 10 business cards:
Quite the tip of the iceberg. I can't wait to figure out what to use this for