RE: Digital Negative & Piezography NEWS

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From: Joachim Oppenheimer (joachim@microdsi.net)
Date: 03/05/03-12:42:41 PM Z


Thank you very much. Joachim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Lee Pratt [mailto:squnch@cox.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:08 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Digital Negative & Piezography NEWS
>
>
> Hello Joachim,
>
> Try www.michaelandpaula.com Michael Smith and Paula Chamlee are
> distribute AZO and have 20x24 paper in #2 and #2, last I heard.
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 10:52 AM, Joachim Oppenheimer wrote:
>
> > 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
> >> squnch@cox.net
> >> FAX: 805-565-1670
> >> VOICE: 805-565-1240
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> H. Lee Pratt
> Santa Barbara, CA 93108
> squnch@cox.net
> FAX: 805-565-1670
> VOICE: 805-565-1240
>
>
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