Digital BW, The Print

I can't understand how you can get smudges if you spray your prints ! 
Try a matte paper such as legion's photo matte, or eclipse satine and
see if they don't hold up better. I spray with Krylon Crystal Clear when
I do use a spray, and have had pretty good luck.

Jerry




"James Turley - Sky Lab (E-mail)" wrote:
> 
> We produce astronomy prints. As you can image, we have a lot of black
> space between stars, galaxies and planets. Usually we use Epson Photo
> Paper. However, recently, I've been experimenting the Epson Matte
> Paper Heavyweight on a 1290 using OEM Match inks, NMC CIS, with 1290
> Profiles from Ian Lyons.
> 
> I like the "velvet" deep blacks this combination gives. But...the
> black are subject to rub off and are very easily scratched. Not
> exactly "rub off", but touching the black surface leaves a smudge,
> visible at certain angles. The black doesn't exactly rub off, but the
> velvet texture gets burnished. Other colors may do this, but it
> really shows up in the black areas. Annoying. Also, I noted that the
> colors scratch easily.
> 
> For sprays, I tried:
> 
> Lacquer Mat Pearl
> Lacquer Mat Diamond
> Sureguard Lustre #921
> 
> to no avail. The blacks still smudge.
> 
> I like these blacks with this combo..but does anyone have any
> suggestions about sprays, or how other ideas how I can avoid this
> annoying problem.
> 
> James Turley
> 
> --
> Sky Image Lab
> Saratoga, CA
> http://www.skyimagelab.com
> mailto:jturley@...
> 
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