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RE: Platinotype woes and now papers for pt/pd



Thanks, Eric.  I'll look into that Coventry Rag as well.

Camden Hardy

camden[at]hardyphotography[dot]net
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On Mon, September 4, 2006 9:17 am, Eric Neilsen wrote:
> Camden, It is important to find out lot numbers from those using papers
> that
> "work" as well as how long it has been in their possession. And while COT
> 320 is a nice paper, I'd not look at a paper for easy of use but rather
> does
> it give you the quality of print you are after. There are ways around
> using
> papers that have limited wet strength. Coventry Rag is a nice paper for
> platinum printing as an alternative to the higher priced papers. It does
> not
> perform as well as COT 320 but works fine. If you are looking at a
> "whiter"
> paper, you may consider using an OB_ optical brightener. They can fade
> over
> time, but your print will change over time anyways.
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> From: Ender100@aol.com [mailto:Ender100@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:46 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Platinotype woes and now papers for pt/pd
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> Dick bought a huge amount of this paper a number of years ago so that he
> could finish his editions.  I doubt that he is buying new Cranes-all his
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> work is with digital negatives, so he is using COT 320 for that.
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> Cranes Platinotype does not have near the wet strength as COT 320, which
> is
> my preference.  Also, COT 320 drys pretty flat on a screen and Cranes
> doesn't.
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> Best Wishes,
> Mark Nelson
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> In a message dated 9/3/06 11:23:34 AM, camden@hardyphotography.net writes:
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> I saw some beautiful Dick Arentz prints on platinotype natural at the
> workshops, and there was also a student making nice prints on it.  So it
> would seem that Crane has fixed whatever the problem was, or stopped
> making the bad stuff.
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