Michael,
For prints up to 12X20 I think you would do about
equally well with a bank of 10-12 24" BL tubes, a
1000 watt metal halide unit spaced about 35" from
the printing frame, or a platemaker such as the
NuARc 26-IK. Based on current ebay prices it will
cost you about twice as much to buy a 26-IK as as
to purchase the parts and assemble either the UV
bank or a 1000 watt Luminaire metal halid unit.
I would recommend a vacuum easel with either the
UV bank of MH light, though you might be able to
get away with a well adjusted printing frame with
the HID lamp because it functions more like a
point source. To counter this, you can get fairly
decent consistency in exposures with the UV bank
without a light integrator. With the platemaker
you will get both light integration and vacuum
easel built in.
Someone will surely disagree with me buy in my
experience there is no difference in image
quality between the use of the two types of
lights.
Sandy
>Sandy,
>
>I'm getting ready to start doing very large carbons and pt/pd prints this
>fall (12x20s and smaller...nothing bigger).
>
>I have used plate burners in the past and am very satisfied with them. I'm
>not aware of a unit that can handle a negative of that size that isn't
>tremendously expensive.
>
>I have some time to shop around and do my homework. Was wondering if you
>had any suggestions.
>
>Yeah, I can do a huge bank of UV lights, and just might decide in the end
>that it is the best way to tackle this project, but if you know of any plate
>burners that might fit the bill I'd appreciate it.
>
>Thanks!
>
>(sorry for the thread hi-jack)
>
>Michael Slade
>Tawąyama Safaris Inc.
>www.tawayama.com
Received on Tue Feb 3 12:08:54 2004
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