Digital BW, The Print

I think this is basically what my z3100ps GP does with its 12th head  
of "gloss enhancer".  J Vee


On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:52 AM, 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
>
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>
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