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Re: Lightjets and varnish, was some guy's workflow

2001-08-23 by Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...> 
wrote:

(snip)
> 
> The stuff I saw didn't appear to be duratrans, which usually has a 
> white but translucent base. This stuff was a clear film base, the 
> grain was only visible with a loupe and was very small, would only 
be 
> an issue if enlarging, if then.
> Making contact negs with Epsons introduces the very part of the 
> process I suspect needs to be eliminated, dither, not contiuous 
tone.

Do you recall the name of the material? Also I would expect a ditner 
patter with the LightJets which I believe print at 300 dpi but 
perhaps by being able to vary intensity on a silver emulsion do a 
better job of hiding it.

> > 
> > > 
> > > Who's Steve Meyer?
> > 
> > Sounds like he knows you but,
> > Steve Meyers 
> > X-ray photography using digital negatives from LVT. 
> > http://www.xray-art.com  
> 
> Sorry just joking, Steve is a friend and has helped me a lot. I 
just 
> wanted his url to show up in several more posts and to give him a 
> little start.

I agree. Everyone should check out his site and see what can be done 
without a lens!

Martin Wesley

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