Digital BW, The Print

At 08:36 AM 1/18/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Try a product called Ink Aid.
>
>www.inkaid.com
>
>You can use it to prep a large variety of surfaces--the people at Digital
>Atelier have used it for a while and say good things.  I'm wanting to try it
>myself.


Does anyone know what this stuff is?  Inkaid's FAQ is
"under construction".

My question is more about what the properties of an
inkjet-receptive surface are, rather than what I can buy
to do it.    What are the physical and chemical properties
of the coatings used by inkjet paper that make them receptive
to inkjet inks?    As a film photographer, and an artist (painting,
sculpting, drawing), I feel that I can do a better job if I
understand my media.  I want to do the same with inkjet printing.
Surely I'm not the only one.

---peter