[alt-photo] Re: Arista II OHP transparencies/gum

[Christina Anderson]

OK I take back some that I said.

Inkpress is 7ml thick. PIctorico is 5.2 ml thick. Thus it is thicker than Pictorico, or, at least, the Pictorico that came in the mail today.  Inkpress is milky just like Pictorico now that I look at it.  But it does not have the cut corner. 

Why I am confused is I bought a box of it when I did the workshop at Photographer's Formulary--a 50 sheet box. I only have Pictorico and Arista locally at our bookstore, not Inkpress, but I was confusing it with an off brand like Staples.

8.5x11/50 sheets is a buck a sheet.

http://www.photoformulary.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=2&tabid=9&CategoryID=103&langID=0

So yes, Jeremy, Inkpress is a drop-in replacement for Pictorico and appears to be equally thick but apparently not--the difference in thickness may account for a difference in exposure times a bit.
Chris



Christina Z. Anderson
christinaZanderson.com

On Apr 29, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Jeremy Moore wrote:

> I don't see that the Arista II is so much cheaper than the Pictorico.
> Inkjet Art has Pictorico for $47
> (http://www.inkjetart.com/cart/pictorico-premium-transparency-film-13x19-sheets-p-10252.html)
> and the Arista II is $42
> (http://freestylephoto.biz/39313-Arista-II-Inkjet-OHP-Transparency-Film-13x19-20-sheets)
> for 20x 13"x19" sheets. (8.5x11 it's $19 for Pictorico and $17.99 for
> the Arista II.)
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
> Chris, with the Inkpress was it also a drop-in replacement for Pictorico?
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net> wrote:
>> Jeremy,
>> I have used both and have not had any problems with either.  Ink Press is much thinner, more along the lines of the old Photo Warehouse I used to use but doesn't smear.  Arista is by far the nicer of the two and is essentially a close enough dupe of Pictorico but perhaps thinner and also no cut corner so you have to watch it.
>> Chris
>> 
>> Christina Z. Anderson
>> christinaZanderson.com
>> 
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