Digital BW, The Print

I have used Sureguard ClearGloss #910 directly on the
print and got beautiful blacks that do not smudge at
all. Unfortunately for my application, it deepens the
inks so well that the higlights comparatively become
too light and skintones (i am a  portrait
photographer) look blotchy.
FYI I use piezo inks
Benoit
--- "James Turley - Sky Lab (E-mail)"
<jturley@...> 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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