Re: Paper negatives- Ink Selection
I scanned a negative printed on this transparency material, along
with a print made from the negative, so you can judge for yourself.
The negative looks odd to me because the scanner filled in the clear
parts with white instead of leaving them clear, even though I scanned
it as film. I guess it's been a while since I've scanned black and
white negatives, but I thought it left the clear areas clear. Oh
well, the point was that the negative is very thin, but prints a full
range of tones, or as full as gum can manage in one coat.
http://www.pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/orangeneg.html
Also, I've thought about it some more, and looked back through my
files, and realized that I did print greyscale negatives (all color
inks) on this transparency material on my new 1280 for about a year
before I switched to colorized negatives. Like Laura, my exposure
times with these transparencies are about the same as my exposure
times with oiled paper negatives, and my exposure times with
greyscale (all color inks) on this transparency film were about the
same as my exposure times with colorized negatives on the same
material. But my exposure times with Pictorico, when I used
Pictorico, were longer than my exposure times with oiled paper
negatives.
Katharine
On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Katharine Thayer wrote:
Hey Laura, forget everything I've said about this transparency
film; I have better information now. I just discovered something
amazing and embarrassing; I got to looking at the box this stuff
came in, and it says right on the box what it is. It's made by
Precision Imaging Inc, it's called Transparency Film for inkjet
printers #10-401, Clear, and I searched out the manufacturer and
called them and found that it's a lot cheaper ordering directly
from Precision Imaging than from filmsource ($10.55 for a box of 50
vs $17.50 from filmsource). Here's the website:
http://precisionimageinc.com/productguide.html
Thanks a million; if you hadn't asked, I may never have figured
that out.
Katharine
On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:38 AM, Laura Valentino wrote:
I'll just say, gimme the stuff Katharine gets... :)
Laura
Katharine Thayer wrote:
On Oct 15, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Laura Valentino wrote:
Katharine Thayer wrote:
With the cheap
transparency film I use, I won't have any need to go back to
paper unless for some reason I can't get that film any more.
Hi Katharine...what type of cheap film? I have the same printer
as you. (actually the 1270, which is the Euro model).
Laura
Oh dear, I always paint myself into this corner whenever I
mention the cheap transparency film that I use.
The problem is that I don't know what it is. It's something I
get from filmsource.com, on recommendation of a friend from this
list who gave me a few sheets to try. This company buys
different manufacturers' films and repackages them under their
own label. Unfortunately, they market different films under the
same stock name and #, so I can't even tell you the stock name
and # with any expectation that you'd get the same film I use.
Once they sent me a different film when I ordered the same stock
number again; the other film behaved entirely differently. They
wouldn't take it back because they said all the film they sell
under the same # should behave similarly enough to not make any
difference, but there was a big difference as far as making
digital negatives with. I did eventually figure out how to make
so-so negatives with the other film, since they wouldn't take it
back, but since then they have been careful to send me the same
film I got the first time, and I'm happy. But.... I have no idea
in the world what it is, so if they go out of business or lose my
records or something, I won't have any way of finding that film
again, which rather terrifies me. Sorry, I'm afraid that's not
very helpful, but it's all I know.
Katharine
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