From: Nick Makris (nick@mcn.org)
Date: 04/22/02-07:20:33 AM Z
Joe, I have had your message on my screen now for 3 days, hoping that
someone else would pick this up - you are asking a series of questions that
covers the gamut in printing. I'll be very succinct and will not address
the scanner question.
Your assumption regarding inkjets and their 'inability' to do justice to a
Pt/Pd or Zia should be rethought - these printers a fully capable of
printing the finest of details. The problem with using an inkjet is
primarily an issue of method. Dan Burkholder has developed a method call
spectral sensitivity where one uses an Epson (I like Epsons) inkjet printer,
standard Epson color inks and Dan's workflow/setup to create a negative.
The method I have preferred to attempt to use, relates to creating a more
traditional negative - I say attempt because to date, I have not been fully
successful in my attemps. My limited success relates to not having found a
clear film that will fully accept a black/gray inkset.
As for Lightjet, it's very expensive $25-45 square foot. I have created
Lightjet negs with unqualified success. As I have stated previously, the
only Pt/Pd prints I have produced that are commercially viable are from
Lightjet negs.
My 2¢,
Nick
From: "Joe Tait" <jtait@texas.net>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:22 PM
> I am ready to do some big prints! and try Ziatype, Kallitype & Albumen. I
am
> a graphic designer by trade, and digital enlargements seem like the best
> option. My understanding is that this means an imagesetter or LVT; at
least
> to get high enough resolutions for the above processes. Aside from inkjet
> (which I just can't believe do justice to a Pt/Pd Ziatype, etc.) what
other
> options are there? Has anyone tried lambda/lightjet?
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