Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King"
<drmrking@...> wrote:
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> Would love to know more about how you apply your Glop. One channel? 

yes.

>What ink
> limit?

In this case, on these papers, 65%. It's very dependent on other
factors, like ink limits and GO amount in the first pass, and the
paper itself.

> Do you pause between passes? Why did the glop spash into the margins?

I assume you mean head passes, not actual total print passes through
the printer (there are two). No, no head pause. Another option worth
pursuing. The prints were put through the printer twice. Once with the
image forming inks and a GO spot channel, the second time with GO only
as above.
The second pass through of course may not perfectly sit over the
image, so it's best to make a larger GO "image" to make sure it more
than covers. Some might do the entire sheet, in this case I wanted it
plain as day to people what the second pass is doing.
It's not splash, it was printed that way, if that's what you mean.
 
> Also you mentioned in another email that the Ultrasmooth print quality
> varied with changes in the speed of printing (pause between passes).

No, it varied by how long the prints sat before being put back through
the printer for the GO only pass.

> In what
> way does this show in the print?

If the prints sat too long, and presumably dried and hardened more,
the second pass created a sort of relief in darker tones when held to
reflected light, and the ability to "solve" gloss differential was
lessened. Again,, this only happened with that paper.

Thanks for all your comments, very  helpful.
Tyler