Tuesday

In the morning, Katie and I made thicker ink and filled the new cartridge. After that we headed to the printer. For the first time, we accomplished printing without any help from the undergraduate. It took us 20 minutes to get the PVA to stay on the printer. We kept raising the temperature and it still wouldn't stick. Eventually, I figured out why it wouldn't stay. The vacuum was off. After we turned it on it stuck to the printer immediately. We printed 4 squares in each corner. They all ranged in different layers from 1 to 4. After lunch we showed it to Dr. Swartzlander. Apparently, the ink was too dark. We had to make one tenth of the dye with black rest with water. After we filled the new ink in the cartridge, we went back to the printer. We dyed the new ink under the squares we did earlier arranging the same way from 1 to 4. We went back to the lab and showed Dr. Swartzlander. The ink was not sticking on the PVA correctly. After we rinsed it under the water and then put it under a polarizer, it was working properly. We have been trying to get it to print like this in weeks. The only problem is the amount of ink that is being printed on the PVA. Tomorrow, we need to find a way to change the amount it is printing by reading the printers manual.