Richard Smallfield wrote: > Hi, > I'm sure someone has thought of this before, but here goes: > > Currently I love the look of FB lustre prints - but - there's bronzing and gloss differential (esp with my original ultrachromes). To kill that, I've been spraying - but am phasing this out because of the toxicity, even if that means no more lustre papers. > > So: here's my idea: why not buy cartridge of GLOP from MIS and put it in the K position - then, after doing the print, print again a black 'image' of the same dimensions, over the top of the print - the printer thinks it's printing black, but actually it's GLOP. > > You could do a batch of prints and then run them all through the printer and get rid of the gloss differential and bronzing. > > If one has an inkset that doesn't have a GLOP position, this sounds feasible to me - at least, in a 13" printer that won't waste a lot of ink with the cartridge swap. > > Richard And the least likely channel you want to use for an overspray varnish is a black channel. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst | Dinkla Grafische Techniek | | www.pigment-print.com | | ( unvollendet ) |
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Re: [Digital BW] GLOP idea
2008-11-06 by Ernst Dinkla
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