Re: Paper negatives- Ink Selection
Great! Thanks for the info.
Laura
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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