Yahoo Groups archive

QTR-Quadtone RIP

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:12 UTC

Message

Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Ink limit low limit

2015-01-28 by fishman@panix.com

Sent from my iPad

> On Jan 28, 2015, at 15:15, Paul Roark roark.paul@gmail.com [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> To deal with the fact that a negative puts the small dots at the wrong end, if you're just making 8x10 prints, has anyone tried a positive and then contact print?  In the darkroom days, I found 8x10 contact prints using what I believe was called fine grain positive film, tray developed under a safelight, could be a very useful step.  I have no ideaif it is still around.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 

I believe that any silver based film can be developed as a positive. You just develop normally, bleach the silver, re-expose, and then redevelop and finally fix though that final fix should not be necessary as there should be no silver halide left.

Harvey
> _,_._,___

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.