Digital BW, The Print

A moistened brush?  What type of brush?  Can you really pick up the ink for
several hours let alone days?


> From: Roger L Sopher <rlsopher@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:05:58 -0700
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Spotting Prints
> 
> 
> Steve Kale wrote:
> 
>> 
>> A while ago someone mentioned a solution to this that involved
>> printing a step wedge and
>> then using something to spot prints with the undried ink.  The good
>> thing about this
>> technique is that it will work for both users of dedicated B&W inks
>> and those printing B&W
>> with colour inks (and printers of colour can use the same technique by
>> printing a swatch
>> of the image area they need to spot).  My question is on what material
>> is the step wedge
>> (or swatch) printed so that the ink mix is available and with what is
>> it lifted and then
>> placed on the image?  (I just tried printing to glossy paper with the
>> ink saturation turned
>> up but that didn't work.)  Is there some sort of plastic that will not
>> absorb the ink so that it
>> can be lifted off before drying?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> I print the wedge to glossy paper such as Epson Glossy Photo and lift
> the ink with a moistened brush, much the same as using spotone on a
> conventional B&W print from the darkroom. The stepwedge can be used for
> some days even though it is "dry."
> 
> Roger
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