Darkening Xeroxes Question

[LordS]

I tried putting clear gloss spray varnish on photocopies to darken them for use as positives and it seemed to work - not tried exposing yet.

The Toner Darkener spray that you can get for the same purpose - will it make it much darker than the varnish or is it the same thing? Cheers

[3d glasses]

if you rub photocopies with cooking oil that works too..
dont know anything about toner darkener im afraid tho

[slakow]

Toner darkeners works Perfect for prints,photocopies...
All other stuf is waste of time.

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[standard]

I just googled "Toner Darkener spray" and got... this thread.

The internet is so fast.

[B-DROID]

tom Saw The Future!!!

[LordS]

cheers for the info all.

these varnished photocopies seem pretty opaque black. will try them next time i burn and post results.

does anyone know what toner darkener is made of?

[jayryan]

i think it's not the darkening of the toner that you're worried about, as much as the transparenting of the paper, which can be done, as mentioned above, with cooking oil.

what a mess.

[Tenebrini]

Originally Posted by jayryan

what a mess.

Only if you're sloppy.

I've also doubled up the copies to make dark dark dark black.

[LordS]

i'd say it's actually about the ratio of opaqueness of the black to transparency of the background - the bigger the difference, the easier it should be to burn.

[veganboyjosh]

Originally Posted by LordS

i'd say it's actually about the ratio of opaqueness of the black to transparency of the background - the bigger the difference, the easier it should be to burn.