Digital BW, The Print

Images can be silk-screened on or etched into metal. Brass, bronze, aluminum 
or stainless can be used. Some of the screens can be very fine, resembling 
photographic printing.

I was an architectural signage designer for many years and specified this 
process quite often. I still have several samples of the etching.

Gary

pbase.com/garyallenbrown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernst Dinkla" <E.Dinkla@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] metalic inkjet


Paul Roark wrote:

>John wrote:
>
>
>
>>... I just walked by a print that I did about 3 years ago
>>on a metallic paper ...
>>
>>
>
>I didn't follow the details, but the aluminum mounting thread got me
>thinking how interesting a B&W would look on a brushed metallic substrate.
>The metallic paper sounds intriguing.
>
>Although I don't think I'd like the finish, the thought of a Pictorico 
>clear
>base printed flipped and laminated carbon down to the metallic base sounded
>like a glossy version.
>
>On a tangent, I tested a Permajet spray that gives glossy paper a 
>semi-matte
>finish with very good, 2+ dmax.  It might be a contender.  I haven't seen 
>if
>it'll take the plastic look away from a laminated print or the like.
>
>Paul
>www.PaulRoark.com
>
>
Joseph Holmes had color prints on a translucent material mounted on bare
aluminium skinned Alucobond (or Dibond, both Alusuisse (now Alcan)
products) shown on last Photokina or the one before. Epson sponsered.
Alucobond is sold in many colors and also just with the aluminium skin
plates exposed. The aluminium treated though to reduce corrosion,
varnish or anodised, I think the first. I think it was backlit material
instead of transparent media as the metallic sheen wasn't strong but
very nice.

BTW: Alusuisse used to send its customers calendars every year with
mainly landscape photography that had the best Swiss or German offset
printing possible on aluminium covered paper. My brother worked for
Alusuisse till he retired about 2 years ago so I had my share of
calendars. They did that for maybe twenty years or more. Often
astonishing good sometimes a bit over the top when for example old
paintings were reproduced that way.

The Joseph Holmes prints were more discrete in the use of the metal
sheen and so very nice, the Alusuisse prints were sometimes a bit too
metallic for the subject.

Ernst



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