The optical properties of the Woodburytype - An alternative printing technique based on a gelatine/pigment matrix

Klein, Susanne; Leech, Damien; Guy, Walter

Abstract

© 2019 Society for Imaging Science and Technology The Woodburytype is a 19th century photomechanical technique, producing high-quality continuous-tone prints that use a mixture of pigment and gelatine as a relief print, in which the variation in height of the print produces the tone and contrast. We propose a phenomenological optical model for the process based on Kubelka-Munk theory that considers the ink formulation, the print height and the substrate surface in order to provide the ideal combination of printing depth and contrast.

Citation

Klein, S., Leech, D., & Guy, W. (2019). The optical properties of the Woodburytype - An alternative printing technique based on a gelatine/pigment matrix. https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2019.35.42

• Journal Article Type: Conference Paper
• Conference Name: NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
• Conference Location: San Francisco, California
• Acceptance Date: Jun 18, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Sep 29, 2019
• Publication Date: Sep 29, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 2, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 30, 2020
• Journal: Printing for Fabrication
• Electronic ISSN: 2169-4451
• Volume: 6
• Pages: 42-47
• Series ISSN: 2169-4451
• ISBN: 9780892083411
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2019.35.42
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/3256963
• Publisher URL: https://ist.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ist/nipdf/2019/00002019/00000001;jsessionid=1p8s8i4koca77.x-ic-live-01
• Additional Information: https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/IST/Conferences/Print4Fab/Printing_for_Fabrication.aspx