Digital BW, The Print

I have had pretty good luck with Krylon Kamar
Varnish. 

Don 

"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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