Re: Carbon Pigment Density

Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca)
Sun, 16 Feb 1997 03:44:00 -0400

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At 9:51 PM 97/02/13, Gordon Chapple wrote:
>I have been printing carbon for several years using homecoated tissues.
>While I have not had many problems that I could not figure out, there is
>one that I haven't been able to crack and could use some advice. When I
>print sky or large areas in the zone 7 to 8 range I get a blotching that
>appears to be from the gelatin shrinking as it dries, resulting in an
>uneven distribution of pigment. I have tried several different gelatins

The "blotching" is not visible at all before the print is dry?

I presume you are using single transfer?

How do you dry your prints? What part of the world do you live in? What is
the RH in your drying room?

Luis Nadeau
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Montreal, Quebec
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