Backlit film seems very much ON topic for this Group: Exhibits should
be a good market for B&W inkjet prints.
Arthur Fink <af@a...> wrote:
>
> Have any of you used backlit films? I'm wanting to put some prints
in a
> store window against the glass. Any recommendations / cautions / etc?
Must it be "against the glass"? If so you'll need someone to clean the
glass thoroughly before application...possibly a union situation.
I did something comparable using Ciba and Kodalith transparencies (up
to 30X30") against lucite: Sprayed the lucite with a particular 3-M
spray adhesive (don't recall which one, then pressed large Cibas in
place with a roller to eliminate bubbles and get good adhesion...I
wanted an adhesive that would be totally transparent, adhere 24/7 for
years but peel off when I wanted to replace...I identified the right
industrial spray adhesive with 3M's advice...free-standing
internally-lit Hyatt Regency exhibits I'd designed, a dozen were in
place for around ten years.
I did something comparable but less ambitious for a real estate
brokerage chain using a plastic-based B&W Kodak print material
("Translite" comes to mind..might have been the name...nice tonal
scale) AND Kodalith for captions/text/graphics . Instead of attaching
to windows with spray adhesive I built/contracted
minimalist/finely-crafted 11X14 lucite envelopes into which photos
could be slid. The downside to this was that the lucite got dusty and
couldn't be cleaned well, whereas Hyatt's exposed Kodalith and Ciba
could be readily cleaned with damp cloths.
Some translucent plastic substrates (plastic "velum" but reportedly
not all varieties) reportedly work well with Epson pigments...I've
seen ads for an inkjet wedding album source offering "velum"..browse
for source...I've been meaning to experiment with some generic local
stationary store velum...
John Kelly
Albuquerque
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ON topic: Backlit films
2005-10-25 by djon43