Digital BW, The Print

On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 12:30  PM, Robbe wrote:

> I still have a couple of clients that insist on ferrotyped glossy
> prints.

Like another poster, I thought ferrotype was done with a collodian 
process also called tintype, so when you typed ferrotyped... with the 
"d" I did a search of that word, here's a little definition that seems 
to clear things in my head anyway.


   F E R R O T Y P E D


Ferrotyped: refers to the procedure for producing a glossy or glazed 
surface on a photographic print by drying it with the emulsion in 
contact with a highly polished surface.
The term " ferrotype " reflects the fact that the original surfaces 
used in this process were plates of enameled sheet iron. Today those 
surfaces are chrome - plated, stainless steel, glass, or plastic.
In order to be successfully ferrotyped, the photographic print has be 
fixed in a fresh hardening fixer, thoroughly washed, and squeegeed 
image - down onto an immaculate surface. The print is then exposed to 
heat. It is common in this process for the surface to be unevenly 
glossy, bubbled, or ridged, due to air pockets between the print and 
the drying surface and fluctuations in temperature at the drying stage

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Carolyn