From: Hamish Stewart (hamish.stewart@gumphoto.demon.co.uk)
Date: 08/29/03-09:51:48 AM Z
On 28/8/03 23:33, "Julian Smart" <julian@jsmart.fslife.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Julian,
I have been using the Lyson quad black inks for about 12 months with
Pictorico and I am happy with the results for gum printing. I use an Epson
1290 and I have never used the Epson inks, just the Lyson. I don't detect
any problems with fading so far so I imagine you would get good use out of
your negs with this set up.
One thing that took some time to get used to however was the way in which
pigment inks behave which is rather different to silver negs. In my
experience I found that too much pigment density blocks UV more than a
similar density in silver. A little experimentation revealed a suitable
negative standard for my lights and working method. I found that the silver
curve for pictorico and the 1290 on Dan's site worked a treat.
Regards
Hamish
> Hello All,
>
> for the past two years I have been producing my gum negatives on Pictorico
> film.
> Prior to April this year I was printing on an Epson 1290, using standard
> Epson cartridges. I recently had cause to examine some of my negs. and found
> them to be faded beyond use. There is a marked colour shift towards the red
> and a corresponding density decrease, making them now unuseable.
>
> I have since changed over to (but not yet tested) Lyson Quad(hex?) black
> inks. I hope these will be a little more stable and will give me a smoother,
> more delicate neg than the Epson inks .
>
> I would be interested to hear of anyone else's experiences with this film,
> particularly if anyone has returned to reprint a neg after several months
> and produced a different result because of a faded neg.
>
> I now have a 2100 (2200 in the States) but have yet to make any negs on this
> as my gum printing season runs from September. Might I expect similar
> results or will the pigment inks be naturally more archival on this
> substrate?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Julian.
>
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