Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Coating, was Photogravure


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Antonis Ricos" <antonisphoto@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Coating, was Photogravure
>
>
> > Martin,
> >
> > just because you are not seeing a lot of coated prints, doesn't mean
your
> > package of samples did not inspire. Au contraire - as they say. For me
> it's
> > purely a matter of time and how much of it I can invest in coatings. I
> took
> > detailed notes from the samples I saw and intend to play "at some
point".
>
> Antonis,
>
> Good to hear. I remember you were talking along the lines of what Mark
> Tucker has done using stiff medium and perhaps varying the thickness and
> texture to emphasize the composition of the print.
> >
> > But meanwhile, I've been looking at Robert Morrison's work-in-progress
and
> > I'm convinced that a simple run to the art store won't do the job. His
> coating
> > samples show a lot of promise both because they are smooth and because
> > they are not yellowing or too plasticky looking. When he is ready, I
hope
> he
> > will make a formal announcement of what is likely to be a whole new
> product
> > line.
>
> I have talked to Robert a bit about his coating off-list and it sounds
very
> good. The problem is determining the best marketing approach for something
> like that. My efforts got too plastic looking because there were too many
> coats I think. I was trying to cover up the brush marks, unsuccessfully. I
> keep toying with the idea of dry mounting some prints first and then
coating
> them and the idea of silkscreen application still has merit, at least
> theoretically.
>
> Martin

One would think so and as I own a silkscreen printshop it has been the first
thing I tried. The problem is that I do not like the soaking up of the
varnish in the paper and by that the usual colouring to yellow/green. I find
it hard to get a silkscreen ink that doesn't show that behaviour. Printed
with 150 threads per cm polyester and UV curing inks, ink base is an acryl.
I'm talking with some ink distributors but they do not show much interest.
Stupid as they have already lost a substantial part of their market to
inkjet. I hate to return to solvent inks.

Not everyone has a silkscreen shop. What would be nuch nicer is another
(older) inkjet printer that sprays the prints with a coating. Register to
spray only the image printed must be possible. 4 heads all filled with the
same liguid and a raw driver that will let them all work at the same time.

Ernst