> The screen it totally invisible
> to the naked eye and the tonal rendition is perfectly natural. This is good
> news as we are witnessing the disappearance of continuous tone negative
> films on a regular basis, especially in the larger sizes. We are at a point
> where the marriage of digital technology-to-fine-printmaking is invitable
> and it is comforting to know that there are viable alternatives.
In a post of a few months back, Richard Sullivan had an idea (Hi Dick)
about using fiber optics in some sort of contact printing device. I
meant to follow up, but with teaching and (new) school responsibilities
..what am I saying???
..to someone who is as busy as any person alive, oh well. Anyway, my
previous post to Charlie mentioned a Koday Premier printer. This
technology is basically a very high resolution CRT device which is
capable of "contact" printing B&W, color negative, and color (Or B&W?)
print materials! Why couldn't this be the next logical step for platinum
and the noble metals?
Contact the digital image onto the coated paper...no film needed.
It does set my wheels turning. Maybe my local (friendly) lab would allow
me a test on their printer. I think I paid my bill last month.
Later.
Darryl Baird