Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: [Digital BW] BO Printing and Scanning Glass Plate Negatives

2007-01-13 by Carolyn Frayn

On 12-Jan-07, at 2:15 PM, Nancy Wilson wrote:

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

I'm not familiar with your scanning trials, but glad they worked out.  
What are you are finding awful about the prints?

BO prints from my epson 2200 looked fine when I tried that, MK, matte  
papers..  I prefer to use IJC or QTR.


>
> 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.

That's a cool neighbor to have had.  I've been scanning and archiving  
old boxes of photos and negatives of family history, it's quite  
amazing. No plates though... :)

Carolyn

---
http://www.carolynfrayn.com

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.