Digital BW, The Print

 -----Original Message-----
From: MIS
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 5:11 AM
To: Paul Roark
Subject: Re: Lacquer coatings applied with a printer


Paul,
I announced this a being available a couple of months ago.  Our chemist came
up with it.  It is not a lacquer.  It is a liquid with all the same
properties as ink, but it does not smell and has no solvents in it.  It is
meant to be applied with a printer.  You load it into a black cartridge and
then print solid black image on top of an already finished print.

The reason for developing this was to be able to produce a glossy print
using the pigmented archival ink.   Normally the pigment does not get
totally absorbed and leaves dull areas on the print, plus the ink never
quite dries.  The gloss coat solves both of these problems and makes a great
looking glossy black and white or color print with pigmented ink.

Now the down side.  First, the pizza wheel marks become amplified.  So they
have to be removed  or backed off.   Second, if the print is not dry enough,
ink is picked up by the rollers and makes impressions on the print,
rendering it worthless.   Oven drying the print before applying gloss coat
helps.  One other thing that happens, is that if the print size and coating
print size are not exactly the same, then you are left with a visible margin
that is uncoated.  This just means you have to be careful.

I have tried this and the look you get is fantastic, but it takes a fair
amount of screwing around.  It is not for the occasional user, but will work
for someone who wants to dedicate a printer to it.

It is on our Accessory page, but I have not finished loading the price into
the database.

Bob
MIS





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