From: Dave Rose (cactuscowboy@bresnan.net)
Date: 07/07/03-10:01:17 PM Z
My experience has been that anything larger than 8x10" is not worth the
effort printing in a contact frame or between two sheets of glass. I've
tried using two sheets of .25" thick x 20" x 24" glass. The results were
poor at best. The large sheets of glass were very heavy, cumbersome and
difficult to handle. Placing large weights on the glass in a failed attempt
to achieve good contact was a joke.
My homemade vacuum frame was assembled in an afternoon. It was easy to
build and inexpensive. With it I can print tack-sharp contact prints up to
16x20". I can flip down the contact frame with one finger, load it, turn on
the vacuum, expose and produce perfect prints. Easy, fast and effortless.
Unless you're printing small images, a vacuum frame is the only way to go.
Dave in Big Wonderful Wyoming
Note new email address: cactuscowboy@bresnan.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy King" <sanking@clemson.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: contact printing frames
> Judy Seigel wrote:
>
> >
> >I realize that alt printers LIKE doing things the hard way, but I keep
> >thinking maybe someone is listening --
> >
> >What is ALWAYS good, or good for me, available anywhere and no shipping
> >charge or customs, is two sheets of plate glass -- the print sandwich
gets
> >sandwiched between them. Tape or glue the edge of one sheet so a piece
> >sticks out for lifting, and you have no hassle perfect contact one size
> >fits all, no springs, no pinched fingers, and you can let the paper hang
> >out anywhere you want. True you can't so easily check progress, but...
>
>
> Judy,
>
> Well, you have brought this up many times in the past so don't expect
> a different outcome this time around. My experience is that the
> method you describe does not provide adequate sharpness for me. I get
> much better results with a contact printing frame, if well adjusted
> of course, and more consistent results again with a vacuum frame.
>
> And that is just for the record cause I don't expect to change your
> mind on the subject!!!
>
> Sandy
>
>
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