This is getting more interesting. Using silver-gelatin process to make prints is very pleasing to me - so it might lead to non-silver at some point.
Is there sheet film I can enlarge negatives onto for the purpose of making contact prints from?
I have "film" at work that takes inkjet, and something on the film interacts with the ink and creates a UV light blocking layer. It's expensive too. It's supposed to hold a fine line screen, but requires a RIP to send the files to the printer for best results. I save it for the occasional platemaking emergency when I can't get real film quickly enough, and the job doesn't require high fidelity. I would have used it for my contact printing experiment, but forgot to bring it home. So I ended up using the much inferior and more expensive 3M junk, which for some reason I thought would give better results. Anyway, if any of you need ink jet transparency material that blocks 100% UV with straight black ink printing. Let me know & I'll trouble myself to write down all the information on the stuff.
Elias On Feb 22, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Eric Neilsen Photo wrote:
I use Inkpress transparency material for both my silver contact digital and my platinum palladium contact negs. There is a correction to be made for contrast but they do print close. I expose the negs under the easel with a piece of frosted material to soften the light a little. I use mainly my 4800 to make those negs although I also use a 7600 and 7000 with different inks and there in lies the rub. Ink sets vary to UV light they pass. You do need to work up your own system, but you can get great results. If you do want the best results you should work in 16 bit mode, with files at print size @ 360 for Epson printers and maximum 2880 with finest detail.Eric Neilsen Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 www.ericneilsenphotography.com skype me with ejprinterFrom: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of titrisolSent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:42 AM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Digital to Paper (Re: quitter)I do not expect great technical prints, just images with interesting contents.I use something similar, Impega transparency (4.50 euros/20 sheets) --- On Mon, 2/22/10, Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Digital to Paper (Re: quitter) To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 2:42 PMOk, but what type of film are you printing on to get the good results. And are you finding digital artifacts in the finished print. I bought some ink-jet transparency material (3M) and I'm not at all impressed with the output, and it was very expensive stuff ($1.40 per sheet).Elias On Feb 22, 2010, at 7:15 AM, titrisol wrote: compromise? I think is just using your resources wisely.Makng cyanotypes and other contact prints from 35mm was plain nonsense, and from 120/220 was quite hard; the way around was making enlarged positive-negative pairs but that was a RPITA....Not anymore with a scanner (not even a high-grade one) and a $50 inkjet printer.E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14410 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/
