Digital BW, The Print

I would like to try to make some A3 negs for contact printing onto 
silver paper.  What is the best medium to do this on a 2100?  
Pictorico OHP?  Do I need an adjustment curve for printing the neg?  
If so, where can I find such a curve?  Last question (should really 
be first) I would like to hear of some experiences of people who 
have tried this hybrid.
Many many thanks in advance to all!
Yaakov Asher Sinclair

Believe it or not, the Pictorico Hi Gloss White Film actually works
better for silver-gelatin printing.  I just took a class in digital
negative printing at a local community college and was amazed at the
results.

You most definitely need a curve.  You can find one on Dan
Burkholder's site along with his book:
http://www.danburkholder.com/Pages/misc_pages/inkjetneg.htm

--Tom

On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:48:14 -0000, yaakovsinclair
<sinclair@...> wrote:

> 
> 
> I would like to try to make some A3 negs for contact printing onto
> silver paper.  What is the best medium to do this on a 2100?
> Pictorico OHP?  Do I need an adjustment curve for printing the neg?
> If so, where can I find such a curve?  Last question (should really
> be first) I would like to hear of some experiences of people who
> have tried this hybrid.
> Many many thanks in advance to all!
> Yaakov Asher Sinclair
>

Tom,  I just looked at the Pictorico site.  They only do the hi-
gloss in Letter size.  Will I still get good results from the 
transparent OHP at A3 size?
thanks!




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Fors 
<tom@f...> wrote:
> Believe it or not, the Pictorico Hi Gloss White Film actually works
> better for silver-gelatin printing.  I just took a class in digital
> negative printing at a local community college and was amazed at 
the
> results.
> 
> You most definitely need a curve.  You can find one on Dan
> Burkholder's site along with his book:
> http://www.danburkholder.com/Pages/misc_pages/inkjetneg.htm
> 
> --Tom
> 
> On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:48:14 -0000, yaakovsinclair
> <sinclair@a...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I would like to try to make some A3 negs for contact printing 
onto
> > silver paper.  What is the best medium to do this on a 2100?
> > Pictorico OHP?  Do I need an adjustment curve for printing the 
neg?
> > If so, where can I find such a curve?  Last question (should 
really

> > be first) I would like to hear of some experiences of people who
> > have tried this hybrid.
> > Many many thanks in advance to all!
> > Yaakov Asher Sinclair
> >

Yaakov,
> 
> I would like to try to make some A3 negs for contact printing onto 
> silver paper.  What is the best medium to do this on a 2100?  
> Pictorico OHP?  Do I need an adjustment curve for printing the 
neg?  
> If so, where can I find such a curve?  Last question (should really 
> be first) I would like to hear of some experiences of people who 
> have tried this hybrid.
> Many many thanks in advance to all!

You may wish to consider using Mark Nelson's Precision Digital 
Negatives method for printing silber gelatin or other alternative 
process prints. He has written a book that provides the reader with a 
method for making very precise inkjet or image setter negatives for 
contact printing using Pictorico OHP (other transparency mataerials 
may be suitable as well such as Photo Warehouses transparency 
product).

You can find out more details about Mark's book at his website.

http://www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com/

I've not yet made any prints using his method but I've seen booth the 
negatives and prints made and they are indeed very nice.

Good luck,

Don Bryant