Digital BW, The Print

Erik,

Clear over coats are used in high end offset lithography so a printing
supply business would be a good place to look for this type of material.
Some of the large commercial inkjet printers for making banners have and
overcoat position also. Sign making supply companies are another good source
of coatings.

Martin Wesley

----- Original Message -----
From: <erik.huneker@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:42 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Any paper that looks like good fiber-based
traditional stuff?


>
> Going back again to my knowledge of Flexographic printing, we use from
time
> to time a "Lacquer" on the last deck of the press if we need to have a
> glossy look, or if we need to protect from scratches, ozone attack, etc...
>
> To get an even lay-down of lacquer, why not use a second printer and
> instead of the ink put lacquer in the cartridge (for ex. black cartridge)
> and then print a picture that is 100% black on top of the paper already
> printed with the picture you are trying to protect/enhance. You would need
> a second printer, but it could be ANY inkjet printer (even 15 yrs old),
dpi
> would not matter, just amount of ink that is put down. That will give you
a
> very even and easy-to-use system to coat/protect/enhance pictures...
>
> Only issue is finding the lacquer that will get through the printer
without
> clogging it. The lacquers we use are not available commercially, but I
> might be worth it trying to find something. My guess is anything that does
> not have big particles, has similar viscosity and dries slower than the
> original ink should work...
>
> Anybody tried this yet????
>
> Maybe it's just random thoughts ;-)
> Erik.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 14:53:48 -0000
>    From: "frankg_photo" <frank@...>
> Subject: Re: Any paper that looks like good fiber-based traditional
stuff?
>
> The trick is to
> > wipe it on so you don't get lap marks.
>
> I've never tried this but an idea came to mind - if you run a bead of
> your wax just outside the picture area on one of the dimensions, then
> use a squeegee like you would for removing excess water after a
> regular silver print has washed, to spread the wax evenly across the
> face ? Maybe that'd give you an even spread ?
>
> But I'm curious, doesn't the wax leave a powdery residue when it
> dries or feel sticky to the touch ? Seems like it may degrade rather
> than enhance a print ? No ? Just a question really.
> frank
>
>
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