Trying to print light fonts on black paper

[blockie]

I preparing a display that requires printing very light ink on black paper. I have tried white, although a lack of ink makes sense on white paper, yellow and light orange. Looking very closely at the finished sheet I do not see any evidence of any ink being deposited. However, I can see evidence of black being deposited. The printer is a HP PhotoSmart Premium C310a. Incidentally, my Hp series D2600 acts the same way. Both printers print all colors when white paper is used. Any ideas?

 

[WiFi Ed]

To get even a light gray text you would have to use black ink on white paper. The "color" white is actually the complete absence of any color at all, so most consumer printers have to turn of all the color cartridges and rely on the paper to produce the "white".

You could buy a printer that uses actual white ink, but I bet they're expensive!

http://www.thenerds.net/EPSON.Epson_UltraChrome_HDR_T596C00_Ink_Cartridge_White.T596C00.html
But at $276.99 for just the cartridge you might want to consider a white crayon...

 

[carwiz]

And here's the printer that you use for that white cartridge. You'd be on the cutting edge of printing technology for a mere $8,495. :shock:

Stylus Pro WT7900 by Epson