Inkaid again.. but for artwork reproductions-texture and profiling.

[John V.]

I'm going to do some experimenting with inkaid on aluminum panels for reproductions of oil paintings.
I see everywhere that applying the inkaid can be a hassle, but I'm thinking that the uneven/irregular coat that may result from hand application may actually produce a pleasing effect, given one goal is the more "natural" look of the original oil paintings.

Does this makes sense? To those who have experiment with the inkaid products.

I may even try intentionally creating an irregular surface using a primer prior to coating with the inkaid.

I'm assuming that once I get a method down, I can print targets and profile with a colomunki as usuall...(?)
Any tips on which media type settings I may benefit more from?

How does the inkaid compare to photo/baryta papers--gamut and dmax wise? In the ballpark?

This will all be done with an 11880. I seeing to set platen to widest and make sure paper thickness is correct depending on sheet thickess.. Anything else I should look out for?

[disneytoy]

I've used Golden Digital ground, both the Matte and the glossy. I found that a proper coating resulted in pretty accurate color and more detail than I expected. I believe I used the Glossy 250 as my setting.

i was printing on very rough textured paper.Watch for headstrikes.

I think Inkaid uses the same formula from the Canadinn coating company. i'd like to try Inkaid's Glossy II.

[John V.]

The glossy type II is what I'll be using. I'll post result if there's anything interesting. I ALMOST went for it the other day, with a sheet of .050 aluminum through the 11880, but it was really sketchy. The panel didn't seem to be setting flat enough where the print head would cross and I said "nope." And it was such a tight fit through the top feed, the inkaid coat was scratching/chipping. I'm going to get some .020 and see if that looks safer. 1.5mm is max thickness on the 11880, so .050 should have worked, but it just didn't look right.

[disneytoy]

Tilt shift printing ink jet

[na goodman]

After watching that video I now have motion sickness.