Thread: over printed = possible?

I'm not interested in increasing density. I am interested in the possibility of 'over- printing' a kind of 'wash' or other brush-stoke type layer onto an existing print. Polke obviously over-paints link: to see what I mean http://lookintomyowl.com/sigmar-polke-linsenbilder.html it there a way to do this for prints (I am trying to 'add' the same over-print additions to a number of different existing prints -...

According to Jack Duganne they were running Iris prints twice to increase density. Although from my side, and experience with the inks we use today, I cannot see any increase in density possible due to the limitations of the transparency of the inks, and their dry down. I have tried many types of over printing both dye and pigment and cannot see image quality going up by doing so. It does however allow embedded an image with a different...

QUOTE (titusbear @ Nov 9 2009, 02:43 PM) 11/09/2009 AM hello: after looking at several works by artists like Sigmar Polke ("Lens Paintings") et.al. - I'm interested in the concept of 'over-painting' = or in my case 'over-printing'. I have an Epson 4880 - exclusively matte black. I'd like to try and 'overprint' by running an already printed image through the printer...

If you are going for a sigmar polke-like layer building effect, you might want to try some sort of acylic transfer technique instead of running the print through the printer twice. If you run a print though the printer twice, the paper coating also absorbs the second layer of ink. The print looks just as flat as it would if you were to add a digital layer in photoshop. Only the values and registration are much harder to control. You might...