Re: Pictorico pinholes
Hi Camden,
Yeah, I think Jack mentioned the static electricity issue early on.
I assume, too, that static electricity is brought on, in part, by
lack of humidity.
I did think about the spotting, though. You really use a sharpie?
One with a very fine point, I'm guessing. I think it may come to
that, though. Thanks, Camden.
Diana
On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Camden Hardy wrote:
Diana,
I've got one more suggestion that hasn't been mentioned. Pictorico
tends
to build up quite a bit of static when it's removed from the rest
of the
stack. I've found that this static attracts all kinds of dust,
hair, etc.
that's floating in the air or printer.
Also, there's a (fairly) easy workaround for pinholes. What I do
is spot
the holes with a sharpie, and then spot the area back in on the final
print. If done correctly, it becomes very difficult (if not
impossible)
to tell that there was anything wrong with the negative. It takes
some
practice, but it saves money on wasted Pictorico.
Camden Hardy
camden[at]hardyphotography[dot]net
http://www.hardyphotography.net
On Sun, December 3, 2006 4:58 pm, Diana Bloomfield wrote:
Hi all,
I have a question maybe someone can answer here. I have used
Pictorico for a while, with an Epson 2200. I have been working on
one particular negative, and every single time I print it, on
Pictorico, I get these little pinholes (always always up in the blank
sky area). I have cleaned everything-- my house, the dog, the
computer/scanner/printer, the room itself, and I've cleaned the
original negative obsessively. The entire room/computer/scanner/
printer/negative/dog are cleaner than they've ever been. I opened
up a new packet of Pictorico, thinking that maybe something was wrong
with the original packet I was using. But the first one out of the
box--I printed it, and it was all clean, except for about 6 little
pinholes in the sky. Well, they vary in size. I'm going crazy with
this.
They don't seem to be dust marks; they just look more like little
places where the ink isn't going down properly--or something. So I
don't know if this is a static electricity problem or a humidity
problem or what. I really haven't a clue. So if anyone else has
suffered from this, please tell me what to do about these little
pinholes. I'm going crazy here.
Thanks for any help!
Diana
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