Digital BW, The Print

About the inkjet print/copy negative/silver print method:

J Vee wrote, "I . print a 20² X 24² glossy on Colorspan 11 color printer,
mount on vacuum frame and shoot an 11² by 14² neg. Finest result you can imagine when this neg is used for contact printing with the traditional process." 

I wrote, "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. Could you tell us what film, developer and procedure you use to make copy negatives that do not have flattened highlights?"

J Vee wrote, "I have a huge supply of the copy film, purchased because of the planned
discontinue."

I appreciate his response and congratulate him for his foresight but so far the problem remains unsolved.

Has anyone out there had success with the inkjet print/copy negative/silver print process, without using the discontinued Kodak 4125 film? If so I would very much like to know how you go about it. Anyone?

Olaf Ringdahl


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