Digital BW, The Print

Hello, my question is about reproducing old maps.  Can I scan an old blank
piece of yellowed paper in RGB and print it on a 2200, then run the sheet
through the printer again to print a map over it in BO?  Anyone have
experience or warnings?  Thanks
Tom Robinson

> From: HPA [mailto:tom@...]
>
> Hello, my question is about reproducing old maps.  Can I scan an old blank
> piece of yellowed paper in RGB and print it on a 2200, then run the sheet
> through the printer again to print a map over it in BO?  Anyone have
> experience or warnings?  Thanks

You should have no problems, especially since making a piece of paper
yellowish only puts a tiny bit of ink on it, so drying time isn't an issue.
I haven't done exactly that, but I frequently print multiple test prints on
the same paper, where the print head passes over a previously printed area.

Of course, in most photo editors, it's pretty easy to do that with layers.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

I think if you try on matte paper it may work, but when I have tried on 
semi or gloss the ink smears.

On Monday, April 12, 2004, at 03:13 PM, HPA wrote:

> Hello, my question is about reproducing old maps.  Can I scan an old 
> blank
> piece of yellowed paper in RGB and print it on a 2200, then run the 
> sheet
> through the printer again to print a map over it in BO?  Anyone have
> experience or warnings?  Thanks
> Tom Robinson
>
>


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> From: sp2 [mailto:ashley@...]
>
> I think if you try on matte paper it may work, but when I have tried on
> semi or gloss the ink smears.

I do it on semi-gloss, and it works for me. Since I'm making test prints, I
generally don't get around to making the second print until the first one
has had a few minutes to dry. Maybe it's less humid here.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...