Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisFYI.....all you serious T206 collectors.......
Recently a "ghost" image was apparent on a T206 Mullin (batting) that was on ebay.
A TOLSTOI back image was faintly printed on the front of this card (check-out link)
and what was really puzzling about this image was that it was RED-ish, rather than
the normal BLACK ink that TOLSTOI backs are printed with.
This AM I was printing out color copies on my EPSON printer/scanner/copier and in
the process it ran out of Black ink. The result was that all the Black print and images
on the originals came out printed in a light RED (or PINK-ish) on the copies. Therefore,
the inking phases in the normal printing process must have a 1st order light Red phase.
Followed by a Black (or Brown) phase, and finally the RED ink application. Hence, I offer
this explanation as the reason for the "red" TOLSTOI ghost image.
Incidently, they didn't print T206's, using EPSON devices....Ha..Ha ! However, multi-inking
color printing has essentially been the same process for more than 100 years.
T-Rex TED
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