Re: Is light unit after-glow a problem?
Laura Fink-Green (rdold@westminster.ac.uk)
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 09:29:26 +0000 (GMT)
> >> Used primarily for burning images into metal plates for printing
> >>presses, but
> >>also burning images onto fun paper that turns blue in sunlight (I wanted
> >>to do a project with them, but finding a frame and the paper in
> >>education...good luck)
> >
> >That is just a cyanotype. They are very easy and very cheap to make.
>
> I doubt it. "Fun paper that turns blue in sunlight" is normally a certain
> type of cheap diazo paper used to make "dummies" or maquettes of books for
> one final check just before they go to press. This type of paper has a very
> distinct odor.
give that man a cigar. yes, dylux (tm) paper aka diazo: fun yellow peely
emulsion, two-sided, about 24 inches by 36 inches is the size we use and
generally only found in printing companies and the like. still, if anyone has
access, it is an interesting way to create big contact prints.
something I thought of a while back but maybe someone here has a suggestion:
how I can make an enlargement on one?
laura