Digital BW, The Print

I look forward to the results of your testing.  I am surprised that Mitch
describes the bronzing he is getting with Epson semi-gloss and UC inks as
_slight_.  I think I would describe what I am seeing as severe - although I
am worried that the fact that I don't have a dead neutral print to begin
with may be slanting the results.  The Lyson Print Guard significantly
improves the protection.  After 12+ hours of drying the surface of the
unsprayed print is still easily smudged with a rub of the finger whereas the
sprayed one is not.  The surface of each look very similar but feel quite
different - the sprayed print no longer has the _stickiness_ of the original
RC paper.


Steve


> From: Carl Schofield <scho@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:04:48 -0500
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] RC Papers, Print Spray and Bronzing:  what am I
> looking for?
> 
> I've used both the UC and UT inks in a 2200 and both inksets seem to
> exhibit about the same level of bronzing on most RC papers I've used.
> The only spray treatment I've tried so far has been Kamar Varnish,
> which does reduce the bronzing, but I didn't like the appearance of the
> surface after spraying.  I'm going to try the epson semi-gloss and
> PremierArt spray next week with the UC inks and also see what it does
> for BO printing on RC papers.  I tried printing just Eboni on some
> PermaJet Oyster 271 (a semi-matte RC) and had some promising results
> after spraying with Kamar.  The dmax went from about 1.51 before
> spraying to 2.17 after spraying with beautiful blacks and a dead
> neutral tonal scale.  Eboni is of course not designed for use with RC
> papers and it will rub off easily without treatment, but after the
> Kamar spray the surface is very durable.  Problem is that it is very
> difficult (at least for me) to get an even coating with the Kamar and
> it is gritty if you don't put enough coats on.
> 
> Carl
> On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 08:32  PM, Steve Kale wrote:
> 
>> Thanks.  I was hoping that the spray (in the belief that the Lyson
>> product
>> could well be the same as the PremierArt product) would act as a
>> cure-all
>> for RC prints as Paul seemed to be having quite some success with it.
>> Have
>> you tried spraying your UC/RC prints with this? Perhaps it is the MIS
>> Ultratones that are making the real difference...
>> 
>> Steve