Re: inkjet prints/torture test

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From: Bob Kiss (bobkiss@caribsurf.com)
Date: 06/27/01-02:12:20 PM Z


DEAR MARK,
    A suggestion for a name for your new process...Sautétier!
                            CHEERS!
                                    BOB
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From: <Ender100@aol.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: inkjet prints/torture test

> I did this torture test to a color print from the Epson 2000p..... I put a
> skillet on the stove with an inch of water in it...brought it to a
> boil....tore a rejected color print in half and dropped it in the boiling
> water.... to my surprise, the print did run a bit when I rubbed it with
my
> finger (after removing it from the boiling water ..of course). However, a
> lest drastic test of placing the other half of the print under a faucet
with
> the hot water running for a minute and at the same time rubbinig the
surface
> with my finger showed no deterioration....after removing the print from
the
> water I dried it with a kitchen towel, laid it on the counter and in a
minute
> or so it looked perfectly dry and undamaged.
>
> So I have concluded that I will from now on cook my prints in a skillet
and
> try to get them qualified as Alt-Photo. I just have to come up with a
> catchy title for the "process."
>
> Mark Nelson
>
>
> In a message dated 6/27/01 1:32:43 PM, photo@wir.net writes:
>
> << FWIW, I plan to do a 'torture test' on an Epson 2000P print - hang it
in
> the
>
> greenhouse above the cactus, exposed to full sun. We'll see how good it
>
> really is! :-) >>
>


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