Digital BW, The Print

hi David,

Much of luck to your campaign. I really would like to contribute (a 
small amount), I'm broke as you describe your situation.

I've visited Arequipa 1987 with my wife, who is peruvian, but we're 
living here in Finland. And what a coincidence, my ImagON-HD plate is 
now hardening under UV-light. I also dreamed of a plate burner, but now 
have 300W Osram Ultra-Vitalux lamp. The exposure, depending of how the 
positive is done, but my so far best positives I've got, are from laser 
printer, and they have 53sec exposing time. I almost took an axe and 
broke my HP Z2100, it gives nice print on transparency, but I've tried 
several methods of stochastic screen, but the Moire or some other 
banding is driving me nuts. I made an aquatint screen, simply spraying 
paint on a laser transparency from quite far, but this iteration between 
exposing the aquatint and positive, isn't the simplest task. That have 
to wait for better times.

grafiskexperimentarium.dk (?) has quite a lot of diy things. I made my 
on vacuum frame as the page instructs, of course using what I have, and 
an exposing cabinet, it was quite horrible to be in the same room, while 
the plate was hardening, also the 3 minutes heating of the lamp before 
exposing gave too much UV, I really started to suffer from eyes getting 
sore.

So I'll contribute, but rather than a carbon&color print, I'd like to 
have the tiniest photogravure (mailing a big one here costs rather too 
much).

best of luck

-m