Digital BW, The Print

On 7/9/03 3:21 PM, "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...> wrote:

 > One important thing to mention is that I can do 10 prints of the same
> image that turn out identically with the rod...I'd find it very
> surprising if you could match that with any sprayer.  The Mayer rod is
> made for precision coating...applying exactly the same film thickness
> to each print provided that the viscosity of the solution and the
> surface of the paper is the same.  This is the exact technique that
> many of our inkjet papers are actually coated with.  The key is getting
> your coating station right.  I working on developing a commercial
> station for larger format prints...but it is likely to be expensive
> because of pump equipment and machining...probably interesting for fine
> art printers and prepresses however.
> 
> Robert
> 
> Robert,
Thanks for the feedback!  Perhaps your finger-manual dexterity is much
higher than mine.  Over a period of months I tried to perfect the right
speed and the right pressure and still had far too many failures for me to
consider the rod a viable solution.  The badger's lay-down of material is
very consistent from  print to print!  Since one would be using the same
settings on the gun and the same pressure from the compressor and shooting
from the same distance, I can't see why your pattern would be any different.
The surface on every print I've sprayed so far looks identical from print to
print-- much more than I could achieve with the rod. So I guess it's
different strokes for different folks!  Thanks again for the feedback! I'm
sure our friends on this group will benefit.
Joe Davajon 
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