Re: Paper Negatives

[Keith Gerling <keith.gerling@gmail.com>]

Randi,

You may be interested in some of the offerings from Freedom Paper.  I received this yesterday: 

 http://www.freedompaper.com/s.nl?sc=2&category=&search=75010C-13x19

That's 200 sheets for 28 bucks and free shipping.  It is very thin but is works perfectly in my Epson 1280.  The un-oiled/waxed paper in (by the eye - I haven;t tested it yet) appears to be as translucent as oiled copy-machine paper.

Keith

On Dec 4, 2007 12:55 PM, <pulpfic@telus.net > wrote:

Hi all,

I've always used transparency material to make laser-printed negatives for
cyanotype (and my few mediocre attempts at one-coat gum).

Something is wrong with my laser printer these days, because there are
clear lines along the transparency where it seems some toner has been
scraped off  by something along the drive path in the printer. But as there
is no toner removed when printing on ordinary paper, I've decided to stop
using transparencies for negatives.

Oiled paper was one of my choices as a substitute, but I thought I'd give
translucent paper (fake vellum) such as Chartham Natural Translucent (17
lb.) a try as a shortcut to the effect of oiling regular paper. Haven't
tried it yet, but I'm sure it will work just fine. As soon as we get some
solid sunshine again, I'll try it out.

I have all my C.N.T. stock cut to 8½ × 11 as that's a convenient size for
me, but it comes as 23 × 35 inch parent sheets, if anyone has the ability
to make printed negatives that size. Not sure if it will print well with
inkjet, though; it doesn't like "wet" ink all that much.

The only drawback I can see is that Chartham Natural Translucent is about
the same cost as transparencies, if not actually a little more. But I've
already paid for a big stack of it cut to size, so now it's "free". 8^D

Just a thought.

Take care,
Randi
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