[pure-silver] Re: Printing emulsion side up. Why?
- From: Ron Klein <rskmd83@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:34:14 -0400
Ok. I'm going to ask the stupid question I imagine other lurkers are asking.
How do I tell which side is the emulsion side.
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ralph W. Lambrecht
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Printing emuslion side up. Why?
When contact-printing digital negatives, there are some advantages to print
emulsion-up. In all other cases, I would get the film and paper emulsion in
contact with each other (emulsion down).
On 2006-09-02 22:23, "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernard" <bernard_cousineau@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 6:51 AM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Printing emuslion side up. Why?
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>
>>> Sounds like a dumb question but why do the "They" always
>>> say that you have to print with the emulsion side up,
>>> towards the light source? Is there a technical reason
>>> for this?
>>
>> The rule that I learned was "shiny side up." It applies to
>> film, paper and cars.
>>
>> Bernard
>>
> "They" seem to have gotten it backward. For either
> contact or projection printing the emulsion side should face
> the printing paper. You _can_ print the other way of you
> want to reverse left and right, this is called flopping.
> However, when contact printing there will be a noticable
> loss of sharpness because the image will be spaced away from
> the paper. For projection printing the focus will, of
> course, compensate for this but there may more blemishes
> visible. Pictures are very often flopped for advertising or
> similar uses to get image facing the right way in a layout.
> Some think everything should face the center, etc.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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