Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pepejaffa" <pepejaffa@y...> wrote:
>
> I'm hoping to make some gum prints from inkjet negs made using a 
> rather crappy Lexmark z33 and inkjet transparency sheets from k-mart 
> (i.e. low budget).
> 
> Would welcome any suggestions, advice...

Print the negative twice (on two separate sheets). Carefully align them and sandwich them together, taping the edges. Make sure you don't trap dirt between them.

This will help compensate for the texture of the cheap transparency sheets, and their inability to hold enough ink to reach a decent DMAX on the negative.

Aside from that, making a nice curve in PhotoShop to get a good tone range in the print is something way betond a discussion in this group, you'd really need something like Dan Burkholder's book for that.

Good luck, have fun.