Re: profiling back-printed plexiglass?
Re: profiling back-printed plexiglass?
- Subject: Re: profiling back-printed plexiglass?
- From: Neil Barstow <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:03:24 +0000
Scott
I agree with that idea for a possible approach, may I please ask, have you
tried it and had success?
I imagine there may be a little compensation of brightness needed (as with
printing images to go in frames under glass) as the glass inevitable
absorbs some luminance.
I guess there is also a possibility of the inks behaving differently when
going down onto white paint rather than straight onto glass.
Best Regards, Neil Barstow
Imaging & Colour Management Specialist
http://www.colourmanagement.net
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 9:42 PM, Scott Martin <email@hidden> wrote:
> One approach is the print on the front side of the plexi (which is really
> just printing white first then colors) for reflective calibration and
> profiling purposes and then print on the backside (colors then white). Some
> would go so far as to implement a minor lightening curve and others
> wouldn’t. Have you tried this?
>
> Scott Martin
> www.on-sight.com
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 19, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Randy Norian <email@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Good afternoon!
> >
> > It’s quite likely that this has been covered before, however, I have to
> ask.
> >
> > We are attempting to print high quality images on the back face of clear
> plexiglass, with a white ink layer behind the image.
> >
> > The print engine in question is a Rastek H625 (by EFI) UV-cured inkjet.
> >
> > While I can color manage paper prints with this device, the
> backside-plexiglass printing has me stymied. The images are extremely
> bright and overly-contrasty, to the point of being unacceptable, especially
> as companion pieces to other latex work we’re doing.
> >
> > I thought I’d just characterize the output on the plexiglass, however my
> ES-2000 won’t read the swatches through the plexiglass, for whatever reason
> — it simply faults out. I’m using EFI color profiler suite 4.6.
> >
> >
> > Have any of you faced the same issue?
> > Any advice on how to go about color managing this sort of printing?
> >
> > I know I have to figure out how to read these swatches, but beyond that,
> are there any caveats for working with "back side of glass” printing?
> >
> > Many thanks-
> >
> > Randy Norian
>
>
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