Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Mark. See my SUCCESS message. The problem was how the film was
being handled by the printer. When I used a film with a white strip on
the end, it printed fine. 

I'm using the single exposure method by the way, trying to include the
"aquatint" right in with the image, as I learned from Keith Howard.
I'm  using about a 38 second exposure, followed by 9 minute
development. This is with ImagOn film on P.E.T.G. plastic plates. 

I have an aquatint screen so I might try the two exposure method at
some point. What times are you using for two exposure method? In
Keith's workshop we did about 40 seconds each, but in the studio where
I work, people are doing really long exposures with the aquatint
screen, like two or three minutes I think, but they're also using a
different developer strength and time.

Best, David.  

 
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ender100@... wrote:
>
> David,
> 
> I have worked with a couple of people with photopolymer plates for 
> photogravureâ€"a lot of fun.   I am beginning right now to calibrate
the KM-73 plate from 
> Boxcar Press.   I'm using the Dan Weldon aquatint screen
firstâ€"then another 
> one later that is finer.   (Double Exposure Method)   Amazingly long
exposure 
> scale in my firsts tests with these plates.
> 
> If I am understanding you correctly, you are making your own
aquatint screen. 
>   You will probably want to go pretty high resolution in bitmap
mode. Or 
> perhaps you are doing bitmapped positives and doing single exposure?
> 
> With many films, the matte black does not fare too well, but it
sounds like 
> you have a combination that works.
> 
> Have you tried the Epson driver?   Do you get banding with it also?
> 
> Have you been getting banding on other papers like luster and 
> 
> Have you tried Pictorico OHP film?
> 
> You may get better results with a head alignment on the film rather
than the 
> matte papers.
> 
> Sorry, just more questions and not too many answers.
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Mark Nelson
> 
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