Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Ernst Dinkla" <E.Dinkla@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Coating, was Photogravure


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> ----- 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
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>
(snip earlier)


> > 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.

Ernst,

Thanks for the information. Do you think that it would be possible to use a
silk screen with acrylic painting varnishes? The Golden acrylic varnish has
remained nicely clean and colorless for 14 months now.
>
> 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.

MIS has samples of such a coating available.

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/accessory.html

      MIS-GLOSS-2


      MIS Gloss Coat Sample - Gloss Coat is a clear odorless coating which
can be applied to a glossy archival pigmented print to eliminate dull spots
and to seal the surface to make the print more durable. Requires a second
printer to apply. Comes in a 2 oz sample bottle, virgin empty cartridge not
included.

I think the question would be if enough coating could be applied this way to
provide maximum protection. I know you didn't like the way the paper was
saturated with varnish when you silk-screened but I think this might give
the maximum encapsulation of the pigment particles.

Martin Wesley