From: Joachim Oppenheimer (joachim@microdsi.net)
Date: 03/04/03-12:52:14 PM Z
I have tried the same approach - making the negatives and printing on Azo.
The choice of paper size and contrast has become sharply contracted since
Kodak has cut back. Are you aware of any expanded sources larger that 8x10
in Europe or elsewhere? Thanks and continued good luck. Joachim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Lee Pratt [mailto:squnch@cox.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:40 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Digital Negative & Piezography NEWS
>
>
> Hello Joe Tait,
>
> It may have been my posting about digital negs with a reference to Dan
> Burkholder's site that you saw.
>
> Basically, I've started making DCNs (Digital Contact Negatives, as I
> think of them) using Piezography BW on an Epson 3000. The trick is to
> use Pictorico OHP Film for your film. The Epson film I tried did not
> work, although they may have changed since I tried it.
>
> I simply get my image tweaked in Photoshop until it looks right on the
> screen, invert it and print it. I've then been printing on Azo contact
> paper, #2 graded. The results are glorious. I haven't done a lot of
> these yet, but I'm convinced the basic method is sound.
>
> If you print to a continuous tone material like Azo or an enlarging
> paper, you won't need any of Dan's "warping" curves to suit your
> negative to lithographic film.
>
> Handle Pictorico OHP with great care: the "emulsion" side scratches if
> you look at it cross-eyed.
>
> Lee Pratt
>
> On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Joe Tait wrote:
>
> > I know others here use Piezography on Epsons to do B&W prints, but I
> > haven't
> > heard anything on using them for diginegs except a passing reference
> > on Dan
> > Burkholder's website (which was positive I recall). Anyone care to
> > share
> > experience?
> >
> > I am kind of excited at the possibility because Jon Cone today
> > announced a
> > system for Canon printers with "from the ground up" reformulated
> > PiezoTone inks
> > for Canon printers
> > (http://www.piezography.com/media/PMA-2003-Media-Kit.pdf).
> >
> > What sounds like exceptionally good news is that the inkset is
> > designed to be
> > able to print on glossy coated paper, which to me means a higher
> > likelihood of
> > compatibility with trans material. I have seen some Peizo prints and I
> > think
> > they look great and the _almost_ continous-tone was refreshing
> > compared to the
> > apparent dither and banding I have seen on all close examination of
> > any inkjet
> > print. I have seen that translate into prints with my initial trials
> > on using
> > spectral negs on a Canon S9000, so I am eagerly looking at this
> > potential
> > improvement.
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> >
> H. Lee Pratt
> Santa Barbara, CA 93108
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