Digital BW, The Print

Maybe it is not the same product but I find that Lyson Print Guard simply
"blisters" on contact with glop coated prints - no matter how you spray it.
I see this as an amplification of the problem I was having with non-glop
coated prints.  At the end of the day I don't think these sprays work very
well.  I am off to NY this w/e and perhaps I will try to find some
Printshield and do a side-by-side comparison.  Anyone know where I can get
some in NYC?


> From: "Nick H. Nugent" <nghin@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:38:53 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1280 EZ-REFILL CARTS ARE HERE!
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Douglas,
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Douglas
> Stockdale 
> <dstockdale@s...> wrote:
>> ... Are you spraying directly on the image or "fogging" it? ... you
>> do not directly spay on the print, but spray horizontal above the
>> image about a foot or two above the print (e.g. create a fog) that
>> then coats the image.
> 
> Might it be that the purpose of your coating is to create a fine
> layer of separation between the print surface and the glazing? If so
> I'm afraid that is not exactly what most inkjet coaters are trying to
> do. I think they want a coating that is not quite like liquid
> lamination but gives additional strength to the otherwise fragile
> inkjet media.
> 
>> Carl Schofield <scho@m...> wrote:
>> 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 ...
> 
> Yes, you might be spraying too far from the print surface. It takes
> some practice to get consistent results. Get in closer and move
> across a little more slowly but not so slow that you may get streaks.
> Just practice alot and you'll get really good at it.
> 
> --nick
> 
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>