Re: Gum calibration (was: Paper negatives- Ink Selection)

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

Rats!  That's bad.


2008/10/17 ender100 <ender100@aol.com>:
> Keith,
> For Palladium, I have found the NUARC about 1 full stop slower than tubes.
> Mark
> On Oct 17, 2008, at 12:04:46 PM, "Keith Gerling" <keith.gerling@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> From:
> "Keith Gerling" <keith.gerling@gmail.com>
> Subject:Re: Gum calibration (was: Paper negatives- Ink Selection)
> Date:October 17, 2008 12:04:46 PM CDT
> To:alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Great! I'm really looking forward to seeing it in action. Henk's
> examples have sent me off in a new direction and I've actually become
> very fond of the smell of ink. But I'm not so fond of my results.
> It would be nice to get the ink onto the paper without this oilprint
> hassle.
>
> Discouraging news regarding the NuArc and speed. I guess I just
> assumed it would be faster. Any ideas on how much slower?
>
> 2008/10/17 ender100 <ender100@aol.com>:
>> Keith, the American French Tool press arrived this week :)
>>
>> On Oct 17, 2008, at 11:45:12 AM, ender100 <ender100@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> From:ender100 <ender100@aol.com>
>> Subject:Re: Gum calibration (was: Paper negatives- Ink Selection)
>> Date:October 17, 2008 11:45:12 AM CDT
>> To:alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>> Keith,
>> Don't count on the NUARC being faster! I find they are slower than using
>> lightboxes with with tubes.
>> Geez Keith—I thought that it was the neighbor's dog making all that noise
>> outside my door! He is especially noisy when he hears a siren... he starts
>> howling in response—he and the fire engines can carry on quite a
>> conversation!
>>
>> Mark
>> On Oct 17, 2008, at 9:50:14 AM, "Keith Gerling" <keith.gerling@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Loris,
>>
>> I'm using an Epson 7600. I would like to try printing colorized
>> negatives, but have never gone there because it has never printed
>> yellow. (this printer was given to me in this condition) The head must
>> be totally clogged as I've tried everything to no avail. (If anyone
>> has any suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing them.) In any event, I'm
>> using a non-Epson ink and only using ink from the black cartridges.
>> The paper setting that I use is one that is intended to print on Tyvek
>> - for banners and the like. I was looking for the least amount of
>> ink, and I figured that this setting - as Tyvek is nonabsorbant -
>> might do the trick. To be honest with you I never really did much
>> testing of the paper profiles. The 7600 driver has many and I was a
>> bit overwhelmed. Which setting do you use?
>>
>> Curves. Yes, I should be testing curves. There's no excuse. With
>> Mark's proximity I COULD sit outside of his door and hound him with
>> questions whenever he comes up from the basement (which I'm assuming
>> is now seldom due to his new press?). The step tablet results I get
>> on masa with a no-curve output is very acceptable with oiled negs (not
>> so much with non-oiled) but I never looked at the curving/PDN process
>> as a means of reducing printing time. Maybe I should.
>>
>> I appreciate the advice. I'm very excited that in two weeks I will be
>> picking up a NuArc light source from a fellow list-member. I'm hoping
>> it will be faster! Perhaps I will use this new light as an
>> opportunity to do things correctly? I'd be very interested in seeing
>> a snapshot of one of your un-oiled negs, if that would be possible.
>> Just something that give me an idea of your range of tones.
>>
>> As for the personal lubricant suggestion, I'll let someone else take a
>> crack at that.
>>
>> --
>> Best Wishes,
>> Mark Nelson
>> Precision Digital Negatives
>> PDN Print Forum @ Yahoo! Groups
>> Mark Nelson Photography
>>
>>
>>
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>> Best Wishes,
>> Mark Nelson
>> Precision Digital Negatives
>> PDN Print Forum @ Yahoo! Groups
>> Mark Nelson Photography
>>
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> Mark Nelson
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