Printing Glossy on Matte Black

[shepherddesigns]

Has anyone ever experimented with printing on matte black vinyl? The goal is to end up with a glossy/matte mixed decal.

I printed using my normal ICC profile (12pass, 100% ink) and ended up with a pretty cool effect, but the "glossy" is more like a semi-gloss. How can I get a more glossy finish? More optimizer? Push ink limit to 120% or more?

Here's the print. This is Hexis Matte Deep Black. HP 315.

 

[Gino]

Spray it with a glossy clearcoat.

 

[balstestrat]

I don't think you can print it any better. I think it always tends to be somewhat semi glossy and the material surface also affects it.

 

[greysquirrel]

colorado M series can use flex print to give you what you are looking for.

 

[victor bogdanov]

Easy on the Colorado

 

[shepherddesigns]

Does anyone know how you can "print" optimizer only? I'd like to do a similar glossy/matte with other color vinyl and attempting to print a color match would be extremely difficult.

 

[balstestrat]

Does anyone know how you can "print" optimizer only? I'd like to do a similar glossy/matte with other color vinyl and attempting to print a color match would be extremely difficult.

You can not.

 

[Splash0321]

If you print on matte with latex you get a satin/semi gloss. If you print on gloss you get a satin. Never found a way around it.

 

[shepherddesigns]

colorado M series can use flex print to give you what you are looking for.

Yeah, just not looking to drop $80k for a niche market. I was hoping there was a decent solution with HP Latex.

 

[BigNate]

plot and weed a roll of high-gloss laminate - the gloss/matte is a surface effect, you will not have to print any glossy black.... (the weeding may be a PIA...)

(as is covered elsewhere, you can turn a frosted window (matte glass) clear with glossy laminate as well...)