Digital BW, The Print

Hi David,

Thanks for the information. Very helpful if I decide to go back into 
the darkroom ... I triedentering the curve using curves and the 
entry field gets rounded off to integers so I'm not sure how to 
enter a fractional value. 

Joe

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David R. 
Spielman" <david@s...> wrote:
> Joe,
> 
> You can use Pictorico's OHP film or their Photo Gallery High-Gloss 
White
> Film.
> Both can be used to make negatives for silver/gelatin material.
> If platinum/palladium is your game, the OHP is your only solution.
> Turns out that the base material of the High-Gloss White Film is 
UV opaque!
> Use the photo black ink on your 2200 and print at 2880 dpi.
> 
> I've developed the Photoshop adjustment curve below for digital 
negatives
> used to print on silver/gelatin print material.
> 
> In    Out
> 0%    10%
> 5%    11.9%
> 10%    13.9%
> 20%    17.6%
> 30%    21.9%
> 40%    26.5%
> 50%    31.5%
> 60%    36.8%
> 70%    43.0%
> 80%    52.0%
> 90%    70.0%
> 95%    87.0%
> 100%    100%
> 
> Using a Epson 2200, and Pictorico OHP material.
> Setup: photo black ink,
> Premium glossy photo paper setting, untagged grayscale image, 
printer
> source, same as source. Let the negative cure overnight before 
using.
> 
> Works great!
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> David R. Spielman
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   From: Joe Thibodeau [mailto:jetcode@a...]
>   Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:59 AM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Contact Print Negatives
> 
> 
> 
>   To extend my art to Silver in the digital domain I want to print
>   negatives on the 2200 for contact printing or enlargement. Can
>   someone recommend a film to print on for such a purpose? Sorry if
>   this topic has been rehashed a million times. I did spend some 
time
>   searching through the archive but did not find an answer.
> 
>   Joe
> 
> 
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