Re: desktop negatives

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From: Paul Egan (paulegan@home.com)
Date: 02/27/01-03:45:51 PM Z


I see it has just become available...but when I try to purchase it I get:

Pictorico InkJet 8.5 x 11 OHP Transparency (15 Sheet Package)
Electronics
$14.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
We're sorry. This item cannot be shipped outside of the United States. You
may change the shipping address above to a U.S. address. Or you may cancel
the item from your order--just change the quantity to 0 and click the Update
button below.

Is there something secret about this product??? Are we Canucks on such bad
terms with George Dubya??? I guess I'll try the Burlington and give up on
the Pictorico.
Thanks anyway.
Paul Egan.

----- Original Message -----
From: <valerie_matthews@notes.teradyne.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: desktop negatives

>
> Amazon has it for less than $10. Maybe the shipping is a bit cheaper?
>
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> Paul Egan <paulegan@home.com> on 02/27/2001 02:18:43 PM
>
> Please respond to alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
>
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> cc:
> Subject: Re: desktop negatives
>
>
> Does anyone know how the Burlington compares to the Pictorico. The
> Burlington appears to be available in Canada but not the Pictorico. Of
> course I can order direct from Pictorico but I have difficulty with the
$16
> UPS charge on $19 worth of product.
> Thanks,
> Paul Egan.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Carney" <kcarney@mmcable.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 5:23 PM
> Subject: Re: desktop negatives
>
>
> > I've had pretty good results (at least as good as it's probably going to
> get
> > with inkjet) with Burlington TruColor clear polyester film.
> > www.pariscorp.com. I'll try the cornstarch, since the transparencies
> seem
> > never to dry completely (Epson 1270).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --Ken Carney
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sarah Van Keuren <svk@steuber.com>
> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 9:00 AM
> > Subject: desktop negatives
> >
> >
> >
> > > But what, pray tell, are you printing those desktop negatives on?
I've
> > > just gotten an inkjet running (also disappearing, VERY tricky
> connection,
> > > and "I" is lie, installation courtesy of a friend), but preliminary
> tests
> > > have not as yet provided useful negative material... I hadn't wanted
to
> > > wax plain paper -- looking for something more translucent, even
> > > transparent, because I re-register on light table. The waxed paper
> exposes
> > > gum well and quickly, but too opaque visually -- almost impossible to
> see
> > > through.
> > >
> > > Judy
> >
> > Judy, I am printing desktop negatives on inkjet acetate at 1440dpi,
using
> an
> > Epson 1200 printer. I use Dan Burkholder's colorized grayscale method to
> get
> > a negative with orange-black tones.* Even after drying such an inkjet
> > negative overnight it can remain tacky and if sandwiched against clear
> > acetate can make blobby patterns that print. I don't dare print with the
> > inkjet surface directly against my cyanotype/gum because of my
experience
> > with leaving an inkjet negative face down overnight against a plain
sheet
> of
> > BFK and finding that when I coated that sheet with cyanotype solution
the
> > next day a ghostly image appeared due to variable absorbancy imparted by
> the
> > inkjet negative. Printing with the inkjet image against the glass of the
> > contact frame resulted in ink adhering to it. So my solution is to
> sprinkle
> > corn starch on the inkjet image and gently work it in with a cotton
swab.
> > Then I sandwich it against clear acetate and contact print.
> >
> > Sarah
> >
> > *I tried to produce such a negative on Ernestine Ruben's Epson 2000 that
> has
> > archival inks and found that it smeared as it emerged < whatever propels
> it
> > out of the printer made a mess of the image. I imagine this is because
> > archival inks don't dry as fast and at 1440dpi I was exceeding the
360dpi
> > that is recommended for inkjet acetate.
> >
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