Digital BW, The Print

Well, now I'm motivated again.  My best friend has a really large UV pt/pd
rig (he only prints pt from LF negs), so maybe I'll give it a try again.
Thank God you don't need a real darkroom for pt/pd  --lobster lights are OK
and give a kind of warm atmosphere.  One thing, when you look at the
material cost of a large platinum print (or two or three until you get it
right), PR seems like a wild bargain.  This is an exciting time in which we
live, photographically, yes?  So many options.  (Speaking of pin holes, one
valuable lesson I learned is to take the paper and look at it against a
strong backlight to see if any black specks show in a light area -- if so it
goes in the trash). 

  --Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of john dean
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:58 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: John Sexton's comment on B&W print
> 
>  Ken,
> 
> I belive there are several good image setter technicians out 
> there in NY, La, Chicago, and Salt Lake City. But like you 
> say, they are a dying breed and some of those references I 
> got 6 months ago may have moved on in their life, as many of 
> great color dig neg makers have done. Ours here in Atlanta 
> simply "retired" and there was one one interested in taking 
> his place. As to darkrooms, mine is gone too. No room.
> 
> But I do have a fantastic 8 tube 7' uv light that is as 
> bright as daylight that I want to use. I don't really have a 
> problem with Burkholders method of inkjet negs on trans film 
> for platinum ( I don't think). Like you say the paper 
> absorption takes care of a lot of the problems and if you get 
> a good sized paper I think they can look nice.I belive the 
> problem is finding the OHP film in sizes larger than
> 13x19 that doesn't have pin holes. At least that is what 
> Pictorico told me when I discussed it with them. The roll 
> film was flawed and coated differently. I would like to do a 
> few 20x30 platinum/pallads.
> We'll see if it is possible without breaking the bank. I've 
> only done a few 13x19's so far. But you know no matter how 
> nice and "rare" these types of prints are, whenever I finish 
> a session I always say, thank God for pigment inkjet. I 
> certainly wouldn't want to go through all that every week. 
> But its fun to have variety and it puts things in perspective.
> 
> Thanks for the info,
> 
> John