Digital BW, The Print

Ron,

I have Burkholders book. It is a great resource.

I tried making negs with my 1200 some time ago. I tried both density and
"spectral density" negs on inkjet transparency material. It was a failure
with both. The transparency materials just could not hold enough ink. Paper
negs were interesting but I could not eliminate the fibers in the final
prints.

Most people that I have heard from are making negs for alternative processes
and not silver. That is why I wanted to hear from someone making silver
prints with the OHP.

Thanks for the information.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Landucci" <ron@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 8:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: Degree of Enlargement, Digital vs Silver


> Scott/Martin
>
> My workflow is derived from the method Dan Burkholder describes in his
book,
> Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing, 2nd ed., which I would
highly
> recommend to anyone interested in the technique.  You can buy the book
> directly from Dan, www.danburkholder.com.  I have used the Epson 3000 and
> the 7000 with Cone's inks and my own curves to get 16x20 negs for silver
> prints.  You have to spray the film to fix the inks to prevent smearing.
I
> use MacDonald's Luster Lacquer spray.  I think the fiber silver prints
look
> great - no dots.  But I'm still preferring the look of piezography on
> Hahnemuhle German Etching Board.  Something about the plush watercolor
> papers just captivates me.  Perhaps I'm just tired of the silver print
look.
>
> I've made some negatives with Cone's inks that work well for platinum
> prints, but I've started to use the 1270 with color inks to make spectral
> negatives that effectively have more contrast for contact printing with
the
> UV light.  I'm still tweaking my curves for this work.
>
> The specifics of the workflow are far too complicated to reproduce here
> (read -  I'm too lazy to type that much), just buy Dan's book if you're
> going to pursue this.
>
> I buy my Pictorico OHP film from Tim Gillespie because he's just up the
road
> from me.  His website is http://www.uncletim.com/film.htm.  You can also
get
> it directly from Pictorico for the same price.  Their website is
> www.pictorico.com.
>
> Howard Bond is a great guy and teacher.  I've taken his unsharp masking
> workshop.  IMHO, I think he goes overboard with his masking.  A lot of his
> images look too crunchy.
>
> Ron
>
>
>   Can you share your workflow with us on making the contact negs? And
>   your source for the Pictorio OHP film.
>
>   I always think of Howard Bond when I think of unsharp masking. I
>   wonder if he has taken a shot at digital.
>
>   Thanks,
>   Martin
>
>
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