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

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

heh - the vacuum doesn't work on the one I'm getting!

2008/10/17 ender100 <ender100@aol.com>:
> But they are great to work with.  Love the vacuum on the NUARC.
> On Oct 17, 2008, at 12:19:55 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 12:19:55 PM CDT
> To:alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best Wishes,
>>> Mark Nelson
>>> Precision Digital Negatives
>>> PDN Print Forum @ Yahoo! Groups
>>> Mark Nelson Photography
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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
>