Re: Gum on Azo?

Joe,

Putting aside for the moment the question of how this might be done,
what do you hope to achieve with this combination? Are you hoping to
add archival quality to the silver paper, or are you just after a
special kind of look?

If you are after a look that combines maximal archival qualities with
super sharpness you might consider carbon, which can give you as much
(or even greater) sharpness than silver gelatin papers, and with the
permanence of pigmented gelatin.

Carbon printing has been very difficult for several decades because
of the fact that one had to make their own carbon tissue. This is
soon to change because B&S is about to offer on a commercial basis
carbon tissue, perhaps as early as February or March of 2004.

Sandy King

>I have a project where the sharpness of the prints is paramount, and
>my intention is to shoot 8x10 (I have a 480mm Ronar in a Prontor
>Professional 3 shutter I have been itching to use) and contact print
>those. I was thinking of trying Azo, or another manufactured paper,
>reasoning that that would best retain the sharpness I'm looking for.
>The only potential problem is that I would like to do a single-gum
>layer on top of the prints. Would Azo hold up in the washing, or is
>there something about the paper that is incompatible? If not Azo, is
>there a manufactured paper someone could recommend for a project
>like this?
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Joe
Received on Tue Dec 2 17:39:13 2003