Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 1/6/2005 4:10:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
kcarney1@... writes:

> Steve, is your hand-coated emulsion platinum or palladium or a combination?
> As you know these require a neg with a DR greater than a neg for silver
> paper.  If this film will work for pt/pd or Ziatype that is good news
> indeed.  Also, are you using dye or pigment inks?
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  --Ken Carney
>   www.kencarney.com   
> 
Ken, The emulsion was a mix pt/pd mostly palladium on Arches palintine paper? 
 A friend with about a years experience with digital negs and platinum made 
them for me using a 1280 and dye
inks. I do know he puts a color mask over the entire file in photoshop prior 
to making platinum negs. He is using a Ziatype POP. I will get him some of 
this film and let him lead the way
before I commit to making my own negs. He needs to make me a believer first. 
So far they make the Quad Piezotones look incredible.
They where smooth enough and sharp enough just rather dull looking like an 
inkjet on uncoated paper. Thats sort of what Platinum is, but we both think it 
can be better. 
Steve Meyers
www.xray-art.com



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