Digital BW, The Print

Carl - For half the price of the PremierArt Print Shield, I had equal
success with Prismacolor Tuffilm Final Fixative Gloss, Grumbacher
Tuffilm Final Fixative Matte and Blair Very Low Odor Spray Fix
Workable Matte. They all looked the same on watercolor-type
paper, and eliminated "bronzing" on Epson Premier Semi-Gloss with
Photo Black ink. However, among the four, only Print Shield claims
UV protection.

Schuster
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Carl Schofield
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 9:04 PM
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


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