Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Vee" <j.vee@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] The Holy Grail?


I am a long time traditional \ufffdCarbon\ufffd Printer.  I shoot 4X5 or 11X14, drum
scan, Photoshop, print a 20\ufffd X 24\ufffd glossy on Colorspan 11 color printer,
mount on vacuum frame and shoot an 11\ufffd by 14\ufffd neg with a hoiz process camera
on rails.  Finest result you can imagine when this neg is used for the
contact printing with the traditional process.  J Vee




J Vee

Apparently you are accomplishing exactly what I want to accomplish by means
similar to mine - by making an oversize inkjet print, then making a large
format copy negative, then using that to make the final silver print. My
problem with this method is that in the final print, when the shadows and
midtones are right, the highlights are severely flattened. This problem
could be corrected by using Kodak Professional Copy Film 4125 which has
increased highlight contrast but it has been discontinued. T-Max 100, Kodak'
s recommendation as a substitute, does not have this increased highlight
contrast. Could you tell us what film, developer and procedure you use to
make copy negatives that do not have flattened highlights?

Olaf Ringdahl