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

[Paul Viapiano]

And I do like to rehumidify, as well as put a piece of Mylar down between the frame bed and the paper. 

On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano at pacbell.net> wrote:

> I usually coat and expose within an hour time span. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Mark Nelson <ender100 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Yes. 
>> 
>> No. 
>> 
>> Mark Nelson
>> www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
>> PDNPRint Forum @ Yahoo Groups
>> www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
>> 
>> sent from my iPhonetypeDeviceThingy
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2012, at 10:01 AM, "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Please check my website:  <http://www.bobkiss.com/> http://www.bobkiss.com/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Live as if you are going to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you are going to
>>> live forever".  Mahatma Gandhi
>>> 
>>> 
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