Digital BW, The Print

Hi Nick,

Which version of the Golden MSA spray do you use, gloss, matte. etc.?

Thanks

Jules



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nick H. Nugent" 
<nghin@p...> wrote:
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> I have experimented quite extensively with various coating 
techniques
> but GLOP I have never used though I have followed the threads on 
GLOP
> with great interest.
> 
> My guess is the GLOP designed for glossy papers is made so that it 
can
> be delivered through the printer ink delivery system so it has to be
> very thin. This works great on glossy paper because it doesn't 
absorb
> much of the liquid. But on matte paper ...
> 
> You can try creating IJC/OPM or QTR profiles using only the GLOP and
> put on successive coatings with drying time in between.
> 
> In my coating approach which employs an airbrush I also have to 
apply
> multiple coats to increase dmax. But I'm afraid you may find it 
takes
> too many coats of GLOP to achieve the dmax of glossy papers. Why 
don't
> you try this to find out if this is possible at all.
> 
> I was going to suggest you apply enough GLOP to seal the matte 
papers
> then use a resin-based lacquer or Golden MSA spray on top to quickly
> get the incredible dmax. But someone (Steve Kale?) found out that 
the
> GLOP blisters horribly when touched by these sprays. This is not a
> problem with the separation coating I use (Golden GAC 500).
> 
> I now have pretty much given up trying to coat matte papers to get
> high dmax. What you end up with is a glossy surface which no longer
> resembles the original fineart surface you want to preserve. Now I
> coat just to protect the print. Now it turns out the "fogging"
> technique suggested by Douglas Stockdale (in the Print spraying &
> glazing thread) works incredibly well.
> 
> --nick
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Staver
> <daniel@p...> wrote:
> > I asked this a while back, but no answers... Anyone?
> > 
> > --
> > Daniel Staver
> > http://daniel.staver.no
> > 
> > 
> > Daniel Staver wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > would it theoretically be possible to develop a GLOP that could 
> > > increase the DMAX of matte prints? After all, it's conlusively 
> > > proven that various coatings can greatly enhance the DMAX of 
matte
> > > prints, but the stumbling block seems to be the methods for 
> > > applying the coating. With GLOP in a cartridge this is no 
longer 
> > > an issue. All we would need is a coating that could go into a 
> > > cartridge without clogging the printer.
> > > 
> > > Is something like this possible?
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Daniel Staver
> > > http://daniel.staver.no