Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

I've recently had some problems spraying Epson Premium Semimatte with 
PremierArt PrintShield.  I think it might be partially due to the low 
humidity and low temps around here, but I'm not sure.  Surface coating 
looks reticulated and uneven as if the spray was drying on the surface 
before being absorbed.  I was spraying successive coats across 
horizontally, vertically, and then diagonally in both directions and I 
think this just overloaded the paper.  Usually this procedure works 
fine with Ilford Smooth Pearl, but the semimatte seems to be less 
"absorbent".  Have you had any difficulty getting an even coating on 
semimatte?

Carl

On Mar 9, 2005, at 4:06 PM, Paul Roark wrote:

>
> The 1280 EZ carts are available now via phone.  (MIS is at 
> 248-391-2390.)
> They'll be put on the web page this weekend.
>
> At the risk of over stating the case, I was going to cease supporting 
> the
> 1280 until these came out.  Now I think that printer has lots of life 
> in it
> still.  I've even filled a chamber with the wrong ink, cleaned it out, 
> and
> re-loaded it with the right ink.  There is still a filter that and 
> other
> things that will retain a little ink, but these easy refill, 
> sponge-less
> carts seem like a great step forward (so far).
>
> The glop is already available in bottles.  Go to the MIS R800 page.
>
> Premium Semimatte will be out in 17 x 22 soon.  I cut that down for the
> smaller papers when I want those sizes.  A Premium Semimatte, sprayed 
> with
> PremierArt, dry mounted, and displayed without glass is currently my
> favorite B&W.  So far they are surviving people touching them in the
> gallery.  I've had to clean some finger prints off, but it was easy and
> didn't hurt the surface.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Paul