Re: semi-OT: dura-trans and transparencies on light box

I have had images printed on HP 5000 UV backlit film for light boxes
not too cost prohibitive; $25 for 11 x 14 - 17

>>> jeffrey.d.mathias@att.net 12/1/2003 11:10:26 AM >>>
Devra Goldberg wrote:
> has anyone here ever worked with dura-trans on a light
> box to present their work? i'm investigating it and it
> seems prohibitively expensive. i'm wondering if
> having the images printed on transparencies instead of
> dura-trans might be a viable option--does anyone know
> how different these two options really are?

Assuming your referring to the Kodak products, dura-trans has a diffuse

base (think of opal glass or such) and dura-clear has a transparent
base
(like film). For examples of dura-trans go to any national fast food
box and look at their photos near the menus hanging behind the counters

or on the counters in some cases.

It is certainly not prohibitively expensive for those who wish to
exhibit their work this way. For exhibiting, dura-trans may be best
having the base which evens the lighting and prevents seeing through to

the lights. For use as a negative substrate, the dura-clear would seem

best as it works more like a transparency.

-- 
Jeffrey D. Mathias
http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/