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BO Printing and Scanning Glass Plate Negatives

2007-01-12 by Nancy Wilson

I have scanned several of the old glass plates and am just amazed at 
the quality of the images that are popping up using VueScan and Epson 
V700.  Thanks to all of you for the recommendations on those choices 
as well as making the special black negative holder.

I have been making a few test images and do not want to put much time 
into these as I go as I still have another 190 plates to scan.  To 
keep everything at its simplest at this stage, I decided on BO 
printing with my Epson 2200.  When I went to the MIS site to order 
ARC-T0348-K, the Eboni MK, it said it was discontinued, no longer 
available, or back ordered.  Do any of you know which of these may be 
true?

Do you think it may be available only as the 7-ink set?

I also had tried BO printing with the Epson MK.  The prints came out 
awful, which you would have anticipated.

Nancy (still with the smiling face)

P.S.  One of the images looks just like me (or more likely is an 
early image of my great Aunt Addie who lived -- and died -- in the 
bedroom where I slept for 16 years.  As you may recall, these were 
taken in the first half of this century by an eccentric neighbor in 
Northern Michigan.

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