Digital BW, The Print

On 12/13/03 10:43 AM, "Olaf Ringdahl" <o.ringdahl@...> wrote:

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> ----- 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?
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> I am a long time traditional ³Carbon² Printer.  I shoot 4X5 or 11X14, drum
> scan, Photoshop, print a 20² X 24² glossy on Colorspan 11 color printer,
> mount on vacuum frame and shoot an 11² by 14² 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
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> 
> 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
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I have a huge supply of the copy film, purchased because of the planned
discontinue.  J Vee
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