Re: profiling back-printed plexiglass?
Re: profiling back-printed plexiglass?
- Subject: Re: profiling back-printed plexiglass?
- From: Ernst Dinkla <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:14:24 +0100
Offset printing dual sided on paper/foil for posters used in light boxes
has been a common practice for years. Bus stops in The Netherlands at a
size of 168x118 cm for example. More sophisticated is a slight blur for the
mirrored print at the back and its color adapted to the fluorescent tubes
used.
Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst
Dinkla Grafische Techniek
Quad, piëzografie, giclée
www.pigment-print.com
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Scott Martin <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I agree with that idea for a possible approach, may I please ask, have
> you tried it and had success?
>
> Yes, I’ve been doing it that way for many years with perfect 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.
>
> Exactly. I hate making manual curves but this is a perfect example where
> it makes sense. If the RIP you’re using let’s you do it, I’d recommend it.
>
> > I guess there is also a possibility of the inks behaving differently
> when going down onto white paint rather than straight onto glass.
>
>
> No, not really - not with UV Curable.
>
> Years ago, one of my clients claimed to invent ‘oreo’ printing where he
> would print UV colors on plexi, then white and then the colors again. This
> would make not only a double-sided reflective print but also a transmissive
> print with incredible DMax and saturation. He carved a nice niche and has
> done a whole bunch of special installations around the US with this,
> working closely with the designers and with me tweaking the calibration for
> different kinds of situations. These are the fun jobs, where people are
> thinking outside the box, care about making a high quality product and
> enthusiastically want to involve the color guy.
>
> Scott Martin
> www.on-sight.com
>
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