FWD: Xerox transfer

Greg Schmitz (gws1@columbia.edu)
Sun, 6 Oct 1996 17:51:15 -0400 (EDT)

I'm posting a copy of a post from the PRINTS-L list to
ALT-PHOTO-PROCESS because the topic seems pertinent to ALT-PHOTO
(knowing that Xerox transfers have been discussed here in the past).
Has any one on ALT-PHOTO had any experience with the oil of peppermint
method mentioned in the post? I have transferred xerox copies in the
past by using silicone paper as the carrier and then making the
transfer in a drymount press; the results were not that good though.

-greg schmitz

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Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 23:02:14 -0400
From: Bruce Bottomley <bbb%PALTECH.COM@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
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To: Multiple recipients of list PRINTS-L <PRINTS-L@UKANVM.BITNET>
Subject: oIL OV WINTERGREEN

Tom Norulak wrote:

>We had a visiting printmaker from Costa Rica tell some of the members of
>the Pittsburgh Print Group about using oil of wintergreen for making
>xerox transfers onto etching plates. Does anyone have source for this
>solution? We have only been able to find it in very small quantities at
>very high prices.
>Thanks in advance.
>Tom
>

Oil of wintergreen does indeed permit the transfer of fresh Xerox copies
onto plates of all varieties. I use it frequently with my Stenocut process.
I get it in 4 ounce bottles at a pharmacy for about $4-5. A little bit goes
a very long way.

Sue Anne Bottomley