Re: Problem with Ultrafine Clear Film

Mike,
     I got that exact thing when I printed on the wrong side of the
PhotoWarehouse substrate. It was a mess, and easily wiped with a finger.
Try printing on the other side, or maybe you have the wrong film, or maybe
the manufacturer did not coat it with the proper substance and it is
defective as Don says.
     A wet finger in my experience always wipes ink off the substrate,
whether printed on the right side or not. I've noticed that the hard way
(and even printed the neg before I realized I had wet and wiped off some of
the image).
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Klemmer" <mklemmer@comcast.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: Problem with Ultrafine Clear Film

> I printed out another sample with the media rotated 90 degrees, and got an
identical pattern. This time I also got a bunch of random ink smears as
well.
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> Roller marks seem to be the culprit here. I then used a wet finger to
double check that I had printed on the right side. In the process I noticed
that the wet finger wiped the printed ink right off the substrate! Also
this film it is extremely sensitive to scratching like I've never seen on
Pictorico.
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> Someone double check me that I have the right film here. I am using the
Ultrafine Inkjet Crystal Clear 4mil overlay film. Cat# 758-11172
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Bryant
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:23 PM
> Subject: RE: Problem with Ultrafine Clear Film
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> Mike,
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> One more thought, rotate the U.C.F. 90 degrees and make another print.
If the direction of the stripes rotate I would definitely say you have
defective material.
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> Don Bryant
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>   From: Mike Klemmer [mailto:mklemmer@comcast.net]
>   Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:37 PM
>   To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>   Subject: Problem with Ultrafine Clear Film
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>   I printed some test curves onto U.C.F. that I recently purchased,  Epson
2200 printer.  I got some weird, splotchy lines on the film.  I then printed
the same image onto paper to make sure it wasn't a printer
problem....everything A-OK there.  I printed again on the U.C.F. - same
exact problem.
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>   You can see a sample of the problem here:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2400372
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>   Any thoughts?
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>   Regards,
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>   Michael Klemmer
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