RE: Pictorico pinholes
For everyone that is having quality issues with Pictorico substrates be sure to contact them if you have demonstrable defects with their products. Even the smallest ones. I found them to be very very responsibe about replacing defective product this past summer. This material is just to expensive to expect anything less than perfect quality control. Don Bryant -----Original Message----- From: Diana Bloomfield [mailto:dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:09 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Pictorico pinholes Hi Jan, I honestly didn't see any pinholes before printing, but they could have been there. I was getting more than a dozen, randomly spaced. This is why, at that point, spotting the negative wasn't a good solution. As I said, once I used the humidifier, things improved, though I still have a few pinholes--only 2 or 3--small enough in number and size that I could spot them at this point (and thanks to those who told me what kind of sharpie to use!). However, I agree with you that I think the Pictorico itself is suspect. I never had trouble with Pictorico in any way until recently. I hope they didn't go and change something to "improve" something else . . . Thanks for the mention of Agfa copyjet, though. I may end up trying that. (Pictorico is way too expensive to have any defects, no matter how small--in my opinion!) On Dec 5, 2006, at 1:30 PM, David & Jan Harris wrote: > Diana, > Are the pinholes visible on the pictorico before you print? We had > trouble > with some small circular defects on sheets of pictorico. Initially we > thought it was a printing problem, but then we spotted small > dimples on the > surface of several sheets. This happened with more than one pack of > pictorico. Eventually we gave up on pictorico and now use agfa > copyjet. > > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diana Bloomfield" <dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:02 PM > Subject: 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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