Digital BW, The Print

Myron, I too still have a bottle of Sprint's brightener in my darkroom. It
was the magic "lightener" that I use if a print was a tad too flat. An old
business partner worked there before he moved to Taos. I'd add a little to
my RA4 process in the end to give those prints a touch of pop. We had talked
about using it as our water mark, mostly visible under UV. It is nice to
know that they still have it. My first and only 1 liter bottle has lasted
nearly 14 years. : ) 

 

Eric

 

Eric Neilsen Photography

4101 Commerce Street

Suite 9

Dallas, TX 75226

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dana H.
Myers
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:52 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Optical Brighteners

 

Myron Gochnauer wrote:

> For those of us not put off by the very idea of optical brighteners,
> it might add another level of control to some inkjet papers (assuming
> your inks can survive a water soak).

Mightn't it be better to treat the paper and dry it before
printing?

(I suspect that any treatment that involves soaking an
inkjet paper will positively ruin it, but, hey, I could
be wrong :-))

Dana

 



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