RE: Platinotype woes and now papers for pt/pd

[Eric Neilsen <ejnphoto@sbcglobal.net>]

No, I had no idea that it made it and saw no responses. Myself and other
worldnet.att.net users have been having trouble for months. I get some
messages and never seen many. It makes for following some threads very
difficult. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Camden Hardy [mailto:camden@hardyphotography.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:33 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: RE: Platinotype woes and now papers for pt/pd
> 
> Eric,
> 
> Thanks for sending that again.  However, I did receive it; in fact, I even
> replied.  Did you not get it?
> 
> Camden Hardy
> 
> camden[at]hardyphotography[dot]net
> http://www.hardyphotography.net
> 
> 
> On Wed, September 6, 2006 5:40 pm, Eric Neilsen wrote:
> > This was sent on Sept 4th, but apparently ATT and USASK.CA don't get
> > along.
> > So it is reposted here.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   _____
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > new
> > work is with digital negatives, so he is using COT 320 for that.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> > Mark Nelson
> > To NSA: When you read this email, would you please search your database
> > for
> > my other black sock?
> > Precision Digital <http://www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com/>
> > Negatives--The Book
> > PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PDNPrint/>
> > www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com <http://www.markinelsonphoto.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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