Re: which is it?

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From: Nick Makris (nick@mcn.org)
Date: 06/08/03-06:31:23 AM Z


Christina, Since no one else has offered an answer and I may have a partial
answer, I'll take a stab at this one.

The film that has be discussed at length on this list is Epson Backlight
Film which has proven to block UV light to a great extent. However, I have
no knowledge of the Glossy Film you refer to and don't recall it being
discussed on the list - of course, that doesn't mean much since I could have
easily missed a thread or two.

Back to Epson BLF. The film does have a very strong characteristic going
for it - it will accept just about any amount of ink without pooling. The
down side is that the clay surface to which the ink adheres so well is a
blocker of UV light - it will pass some but the results will be ruddy
looking prints. Ed Stander <glassact@compuserve.com> tested this film and
reported to the group late last year and I'm sorry, but I did not come up
with that email in my search.

In my testing, I did find that by waxing the BLF with paraffin and a warm
iron (somewhat laborious), the results were siginificantly better.
Unfortunately, I have not persued this avenue further. Life has a habit of
getting in the way of perfection.

Judy S has a very interesting article the most recent edition of Post
Factory (#8?) where a huge collection of info on this subject is synopsized.
It is very much worth the read, as other, more advantageous alternatives are
discussed. If you happen to stumble onto the holy grail in your search, be
sure to let us know.

Good luck,

n

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>
To: "Alt list" <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: which is it?

> I have read conflicting info on Epson Photo Quality Glossy Film and Epson
> Backlight film, that one blocks UV and one doesn't. Which is it?
> Chris
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