From: Alan (mcraea@wlu.edu)
Date: 08/13/03-01:08:27 PM Z
Has anyone tried to print on Clearprint using one of Mike Ware's processes,
such as Argyrotype? I have found his printing methods to yield excellent
results on Ruscombe Mills Buxton Print paper, but I've had problems with
other papers, such as Crane's "Platinotype" and Van Gelder's Simili Japon
Alan
> Kerik Kouklis wrote:
>>
>> Darryl,
>>
>> I believe that link goes to Clearprint 1000H, which works fine and is
>> very similar to the Mars.
>
> A tale, in which the joke is on me: A few months ago someone on the list
> suggested ClearPrint vellum for inkjet negatives for gum. I was
> skeptical, since I'd tried other vellums before and hadn't found them to
> my liking. But when Kerik said that he printed platinum with clearprint
> vellum and it worked beautifully, I said, okay, if Kerik is satisfied
> with platinum prints from this vellum, it must be something extra
> special.
>
> So the next time I was in the city, I bought a couple pads of Clearprint
> 1000H, came home and made a couple of inkjet negatives. I was
> disappointed to find that the clearprint was just like the other vellums
> I'd tried and would not serve at all as a satisfactory substitute for
> Pictorico, which had been my hope. I set aside the unopened pad of
> 11x17 to take back to the store, but what with one thing and another, I
> didn't get back there before the 90 day return period expired. If
> anyone wants to make me an offer for it, contact me off list.
>
> Now, of course, I see that Kerik wasn't using the vellum to make inkjet
> negatives to print platinum, as I'd assumed from his earlier comment; he
> was printing platinum directly on vellum, a whole different thing. I
> just totally misread his comment.
> Katharine
>
>
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