Digital BW, The Print

As with Crane Museo Silver rag, I sent out a few postcards printed on
Innova Fibaprint Glossy to distant friends to see how much they were
damaged in the process. Part of the image was left uncoated, part was
given two coats of Krystal Topkote. The prints were left to dry for
one day before posting. I've noticed that the Innova paper is
susceptible to damage while printing (similar reports by others), but
this fragility seems to disappear when the ink has dried completely.

The results were a bit of a surprise: they survived very well. The
coated areas fared better because they picked up fewer marks, but
there was no damage to any of them. This is, in fact, better than the
Silver Rag cards which picked up a few minor scratches. This is not a
controlled test, of course.

Both of them appear to be very good postcard stock.

Best,
Helen

Hello Helen,

>As with Crane Museo Silver rag, I sent out a few postcards printed 
>on Innova Fibaprint Glossy to distant friends to see how much they 
>were damaged in the process... 

>The results were a bit of a surprise: they survived very well. The
>coated areas fared better because they picked up fewer marks, but
>there was no damage to any of them. This is, in fact, better than 
>the Silver Rag cards which picked up a few minor scratches. This is 
>not a controlled test, of course.

What a neat idea.  It's a good practical real world test that anyone
can relate to.  I like Fiba, it's nice to know it can withstand this.
 It's hard smooth surface produces very high resolution, and excellent
dmax and contrast.  My biggest complaint is its propensity to curl - a
bit _too_ much like darkroom paper in that regard <g>.

Thanks for the report.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm