Re: photocopier toner and ceramic imaging

TERRY KING (KINGNAPOLEONPHOTO@compuserve.com)
Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:07:06 -0500

Message text written by Luis Nadeau
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There is a manual on the production of platinotypes on porcelain, glass,
and similar materials: T. Geymet: _Traité pratique de platinotypie sur
émail, sur porcelaine et sur verre_. Paris, 1889.

It should be noted however that most commercial plants that produced
photo-enamels and photoceramics used dichromated colloid processes.
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Luis

Does this manual suggest applying the platinum to the print before it is
fired ? My own experiments seemed to demonstrate the the metals would burn
during the firing. As you imply, applying a carbon print or a gum print
to the pot while it is in biscuit is a fairly simple matter. The pot is
then glazed and fired. One must remember, of course, to use pigments that
will withstand the heat.

Terry King