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

Leech, Damien; Guy, Walter; Klein, Susanne

Abstract

The Woodburytype is a 19th century photomechanical printing method, producing high-quality continuous-tone images that use a suspension of carbon black in gelatine as a relief print, in which the variation in height of the print produces the grayscale 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

Leech, D., Guy, W., & Klein, S. (2020). The optical properties of the Woodburytype - An alternative printing technique based on a gelatine/pigment matrix. Journal of Physics Communications, 4(1), Article 015018. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ab6ed4

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 22, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jan 29, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 29, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jan 20, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 30, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Physics Communications
• Electronic ISSN: 2399-6528
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: 015018
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ab6ed4
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5191780