RE: Poor man's negatives
Indeed there are several cheap inkjet transparency products in the shelves. For instance I was using Photowarehouse Ultrafine Crystal Clear OHP when I had an Epson 1290 (dye inks!). Price for one 11x17" sheet was USD 0.75 which is not too bad. Unfortunately, most of those cheap transparencies won't work well with most printers with pigmented inks; I can't use Ultrafine with the inks of my current HP9180 anymore. (Can't say something about R800's inks BTW.) Therefore, your advice (even if being good) may not apply to all... Can anyone name cheaper (than Pictorico!) transparency brands which will work with HP9180 (Vivera inks) and will give equivalent quality w/o much hassle? Thanks, Loris. -----Original Message----- From: Katharine Thayer [mailto:kthayer@pacifier.com] Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:17 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Poor man's negatives I guess I don't understand why you would go to this trouble when there is very good cheap inkjet transparency film available that's already nicely coated. The transparency film I use is $10.55 for a box of 50 letter-sized sheets and around $20 for a box of 50 11x17; that's my idea of a "poor woman's negative" and a lot less bother, and works great. katharine On Aug 7, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Jacek Gonsalves wrote: > Hi all, > > I purchased some Golden digital ground from my art supplier. Its > called Non Porus Digital ground, it comes in clear. So I tried it on > some sheets of 75 micron melinex and acetate. > You apply it in one direction first. Let it dry. Then apply it on > another direction. Let it dry. So only 2 coats. > Printed it on a R800, use the matte setting in the driver. > > Problems! > The image does get applied on the transparency, though if your brush > strokes are uneven the image degrades in that area. > Plus with my R800 I had an issue with the roller feeder leaving roller > marks on the coat, before the printer head got to it. > Is prone to any slight touching, it smudges the print, no matter how > long you left it to dry! :) Any dust gets trapped in the coating. > > So why would you use this? No idea! Well its more of the fact that > this can't be used in any fashion to give you better or equal results > to normal inkjet transparencies. > > There would be other methodologies on brushing better, and perhaps > even fixing the ink so it doesnt get smudged, with a varnish, gel etc. > > InkAid also sell a digital ground. > > Cheers, > Jacek > >
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