From: Katharine Thayer (kthayer@pacifier.com)
Date: 04/10/03-04:41:30 AM Z
Okay, I'll bite. I'd stopped checking out vellums after rushing off
several times to buy various recommended vellums only to find that they
had tiny holes in them that printed dark spots, and/or a cloudy swirly
texture that ended up in the print. But if Kerik says this vellum will
print platinum, I'm going to have to try it, since I dislike Pictorico
for a whole lot of reasons. Fingers crossed,
kt
Kerik wrote:
>
> Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>
> > On the label it says "www.clearprintpaper.com, 100% cotton, drafting
> > and design vellum, 16lb traditional. 1-800-766-7337. I don't think this
> > is any better than any of the other vellums that have cropped up on this
> > list as being suitable for negatives, such as Bienfang, or others. I
> > just had
> > heard about it and lo and behold it was at this one University bookstore
> > so I bought it. It's cheap too, 30c an 8.5x11.
>
> As an aside, I just began using this paper for platinum printing with very
> good results. I've also been working with Staedtler Mars Transluscent
> Vellum, but the latest batch I received has been prone to black spots. The
> Clearprint gives a very similar print to the Staedtler, but (so far), black
> spots have been much less of a problem. I presume it would work well with
> other iron-based processes. The print quality is stunning.
>
> The paper Christina described is Clearprint 1000H. They also make two
> heavier versions, 1020 and 1025 Papercloth (20 lb and 25 lb), although
> these seem to be more difficult to find. I just received some of each of
> these yesterday and they also printed very well. The Clearprint website
> seems to be defunct. Googling will locate suppliers of these papers.
>
> Kerik
> www.Kerik.com
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