Gocco printer masters don't image correctly

September 18, 2006 7:19 AM

Anyone out there with a gocco printer? I am having a problem with mine. The masters aren't imaging correctly. When I expose the master, the image doesn't burn into the screen enough to allow for the ink to pass through. I even tried exposing my screen twice and it still didn't work. Has anyone had this happen? Any suggestions on what I could do?
posted by bonecrusher to media & arts (4 comments total)

When I've had similar troubles with my gocco, it's been one of two things:

1. The batteries are dying and not burning the bulbs bright enough. The bulbs suck up so much power that you can't really use the batteriess in the gocco for very long. If you're planning on using it regularly, this is literally the perfect use for re-chargeable AA batteries.

2. There's not enough carbon on your image and / or you're not using the blue film they provide for laser printer / photo-copied originals. What's your source material?
posted by one_bean at 7:40 AM on September 18, 2006

If you do a lot of Gocco stuff you'd better start stocking up on supplies. The Japanese parent company that owns the brand has decided to stop supporting it.

More: http://savegocco.com/save.html

Resources: http://savegocco.com/resources.html
posted by camworld at 8:54 AM on September 18, 2006

I've been using photo copies as my source material. I have a blue filter, but I haven't used it yet. Does it go between the source image and the screen?
posted by bonecrusher at 10:57 AM on September 18, 2006

Actually I'm pretty sure (90%) the blue filter goes between the screen and the glass. That should definitely do the trick. Good luck.
posted by one_bean at 3:53 PM on September 18, 2006