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Re: making contact negatives

2005-02-28 by John Vitollo

"canineconspiracy" wrote:
> Has anyone here made negatives with their epson or hp printers that
> would be used to make alternative process prints (platinum, kallitype,
> gum bichromate, etc.) ? 
> I'm thinking of purchasing an Epson 3000 using MIS inks to make
> negatives on overhead transparency film.

There are two techniques that are popular.

Dan Burkholder was the first photographer to finesse digital negs out of an Epson printer:

http://www.danburkholder.com/

There's a new kid on the block called "Precision Digital Negatives" It's kinda/sorta like 
Burkholder's but from what I've been reading seems "better" and more refined.

http://www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com/

I don't think the Epson 3000 will cut it as the dots are too big. But with "Precision Digital 
Negatives" many users are printing with the Epson 2200.

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