Digital BW, The Print

Ron,

Appreciate the workflow and resources. I will get Dan Burkholder's 
book. I have the first edition but I imagine a lot has changed. I 
will check out his site and invite him to the group in hopes we can 
quiz him directly. If anyone on list knows him, please let him know 
we're here.

A question on using the Piezo to print the negs. What profile did you 
use in Piezo or did you use the Epson driver?

I guess unsharp masking can be just as seductive in the darkroom!

Thanks,
Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Ron Landucci" <ron@p...> 
wrote:
> 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
(snip earlier)