[alt-photo] Re: PT/PD: TIME BETWEEN COATING AND PRINTING

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Bob,

I typically coat and then try to print as soon as the paper is dry enough not to damage the negative.  I used to re-humidify, but don't need to do that anymore-- but I do print while the paper is still slightly damp-ish, I guess.  I have printed as much as a day later-- when I've coated a paper and then got on to something else and totally forgotten about it.  It prints fine, but I did notice a somewhat flatter (lower contrast) look when printing that long after coating.

Diana


On Jun 7, 2012, at 10:01 AM, BOB KISS wrote:

> DEAR LIST,
> 
>            My usual procedure which, I believe, confirms to the practice
> described in most of the books and other practitioners, is to coat my PT/PD
> DOP paper, dry it, re-humidify it and then print immediately.  What
> sometimes happens is that my workflow is interrupted and I either expose &
> dev the paper later that day or even the next day.
> 
> 
> 
>            QUESTIONS:
> 
> 1)    Have any of you found a significant change in speed, contrast, d-max,
> etc from delaying between coating and printing?
> 
> 2)    Do any of you purposefully and regularly pre-coat paper then use it
> the next day or days later?
> 
> 
> 
> I remember when I first started I used that pre-made paper (by Sura
> Steinberg and her hub) and that must have been at least
> 
> weeks old between coating and my printing with it.
> 
>            Anywho, any thoughts on this?  Just curious, not critical.
> 
>                        CHEERS!
> 
>                                    BOB
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> Please check my website:  <http://www.bobkiss.com/> http://www.bobkiss.com/
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