[Alt-photo] Re: wrinkles

[KISS BOB]

DEAR CHRISTINA,
      I discovered when I first started inkjet printing 
digital negs using Inkpress and Dan Burkholder's template, 
under the guidance of Eric Nielsen, that there were MANY 
things that could go wrong with a newly printed negative; 
scratches, smudges, water spots from a splash on the other 
side of the darkroom, etc.  So I adjusted my workflow to 
have the Frotoshopped template(s) waiting on my computer 
to be printed at the end of the workday.  I then hung them 
up to dry overnight.  Suddenly all problems disappeared!
      I store my diginegs in those very thin clear 
archival envelopes...sorry, can't recall the name; " 
Crystal Clear-sometning"...and have never had a wrinkling 
problem but, again, I do this after an 8 to 12 hour drying 
time over night.  Your work flow in your studio or at a 
university might not allow this so the hair dryer might be 
your best bet but, by all means, make sure the neg is bone 
dry before putting it anywhere.  And I never use paper, 
glassine, or anything other than these crystal clear 
envelopes to protect my negs.
      Let me know what you do from here...
                 CHEERS!
                      BOB

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:12:52 -0600
  Christina Anderson <christinazanderson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok then that's that! Inkpress is fine; interleaving 
>sheets are out. Thanks for answering so quickly! It's 
>always something...
> Chris
> 
> 
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
> 
> On Aug 10, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Denny wrote:
> 
>> I've experienced this with Pictorico stored between 
>>sheets of glassine.
>> Stopped using glassine and the problem went away.
>> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Christina Anderson
>> I encountered this "event" the first time ever while 
>>teaching a workshop at
>> the Formulary this past week. I noticed on one student's 
>>prints these weird
>> wavy lines that looked like when you expose paper while 
>>still damp and it
>> unevenly is in contact with the negative. But that 
>>wasn't it. Finally a
>> student was smart enough to discover the issue (not 
>>me!). The tissue sheets
>> between pieces of inkpress were wrinkled, and so 
>>apparently when the
>> negative was fresh from the printer and placed in 
>>between these, using them
>> as interleaving sheets, the interleaving sheets puckered 
>>with the mild bit
>> of moisture and then in turn produced uneven dry marks 
>>on the negatives. The
>> following day I used a blow dryer on one sheet and it 
>>seemed to alleviate
>> some of the marks but not quite.
>> 
> 
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