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Re: desktop negatives - tests in cyanotype
> Byron, I believe it was a linescreen. I recall talk, at the University of the
Arts in Philadelphia where this donated scitex lives, of incompatibility
with Dan Burkholder's approach. Is this what you have found?
Sarah
> Sarah:
> I was wondering if your "perfectly straightforward" image setter negs on
> the scitex were a linescreen or diffusion dither, as we've had some
> difficulty w/ diffusion dither on a 4800dpi scitex in Mexico. Linescreens
work great.
> Thanks,
> byron brauchli
>
> I also used the same file to have Scitex imagesetter negatives produced in
> a perfectly straightforward manner and was thrilled with the large scale
> and the rich tonal gradation. Knowing that such a range of sizes and
> effects can be derived from a crudely scanned (300 dpi on Umax Vista S8,
> vintage '93) sliver of a pinhole negative is very heartening. I hope to buy
> an Epson 1270 and, using 11x14 or 13x17 or roll transparency film from
> Luminos, to produce my own digital negatives. I'm hoping also to get a new
> scanner that could still handle 8x10. Am considering the Agfa Duoscan T1200
> or the Microtek ScanMaker 4. Any advice?
>
> And thanks, Dan, for your wonderful new edition of Making Digital Images.
> At first I stubbornly experimented on my own and learned quite a bit but
> then it was such a boost to read your chapter on Making Digital Negatives for
Contact Printing.
>
> Sarah Van Keuren
>