Digital BW, The Print

Bernie,

I'm beginning to sample if you are interested:

My product, Spectraguard Ink Jet coating, works on fine art inkjet papers
for example:

Epson Archival Matte
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag
Legion Photo Matte
Legion Somerset Enhanced
Crane Museo
Brightcube Eclipse Satine
Red River Premium Matte

The coating works on prints made with color and quad BW pigment based inks
that are water-fast after drying.  The coating is applied with a Mayer rod
so there are no brush strokes and the surface of the print preserves the
original texture of the paper.  The coating is non-yellowing and has been
shown in preliminary testing to improve the lightfastness of pigment-based
inks. The final prints have dmax well in excess of 2.0 and are mar
resistant.  The the quad BW prints look like fiber based silver prints.

If you are interested in seeing a sample please send two letter sized prints
meeting the above description to the address below with a self addressed
stamped envelope (you can also use a Fedex letter mailer with an account
number).  The prints should have a minimum of a 2 inch boarder on one
dimension and 1 inch on the remaining dimensions.  You may want to include a
gray step wedge so that you can measure the dmax improvement.  I will return
one of the prints to you coated and keep the other for my records.

Thanks for your interest,

Robert Morrison

Morrison Fine Art & Design
4131 Bledsoe Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90066


On 9/23/02 12:21 PM, "Bernie Epstein" <bepstein@...> wrote:

> Robert Morrison wrote:
> 
>> That's exactly what it is...in fact it is the devise that is used to
> make
>> most of our inkjet coated papers.  Rod coating is one of the most
> common
>> techniques (along with the air knife) for production coating.  The key
> with
>> a Mayer rod is to select the correct one for the viscosity and desired
> film
>> thickness of the final coating...that's what I've done...its a lot of
>> work...but the final results are worth it.
> 
> Robert, et al.:
> 
> I have been following the current (and past) threads on this topic with
> interest to see how it all shakes out, and have yet another suggestion.
> I just had my living-room floor sanded and stained and noticed that the
> final poly coat was applied with a mop with a flat foam applicator, of
> all things. Fast for the contractor and I was surprised to see a very
> even coat with no clue of the application method, as would probably be
> evident if he used a brush. I would think it should put down a
> reasonably even coat on a print, assuming you controlled the pressure
> during application. Anyway, you guys have tried everything else, why not
> this? No special (read expensive) rollers required, just an inexpensive
> mop end--which you could just discard after each use without cleanup
> (assuming that you do several prints per coating session to make it
> worthwhile).
> 
> Bernie
> 
> 
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