RE: Digital negatives for gum printing

[Sam Wang <stwang@clemson.edu>]

OK. I take back what I said earlier about inkjet negatives not being 
ready for primetime gum use. The negatives (transparencies) from my 
HP 970 printer still have slight banding that I don't think you can 
completely eliminate. HOWEVER, on certain papers, such as Fab 5, the 
image can look flawless, since the paper's slight linear texture is 
more pronounced than that on the negative.

Sharp details still look sharp.

I'm using the cheap Arista transparencies from Freestyle (which is 
identical to the Ilford sample I have, which they don't sell in the 
US). The only problem is sometime the ink doesn't dry completely and 
one sheet sticks to another...

Sam Wang