From: Joachim (joachim@microdsi.net)
Date: 01/30/01-02:52:22 PM Z
Sounds very good - but I am not clear on what the transfer curve is and how
it is manipulated. Thanks. Joachim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Fuhrmann [mailto:Andre.Fuhrmann@uni-konstanz.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 6:24 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Desk top paper negatives - wax?
>
>
> > > Just wondering (as I'm new to the list and have not read all
> the archives)
> >why
> >> don't y'all use the semi transparent 'paper' that was used
> for technical
> >drawings
> >> (in the pre CAD aera)? Don't know the english word,
> translatred from dutch
> >it would
> >> be something like "chalk paper". It comes in a vary of qualities, from
> >plain paper
> >> to PE- or PP-coated (the backside that is). The surface seems
> to have a
> >very fine
> >> "dust like layer" on it that absorbs the ink quickly, so no drying
> >problems.
> > > Ingo
>
>
> Yes, Ingo, sometime ago I reported to the list my experience with
> inkjetting on vellum paper. In my opinion vellum gives the best
> paper negatives. (I much prefer these to film.) But since vellum
> doesn't absorb ink as readily as paper does, you may get some smear.
> This can be avoided by tinkering with the transfer curve (in
> Photoshop). After a few test runs you will get nice paper negatives
> with good densities and no need for waxing. Try it out! -- André
>
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