Re: (Gum) Multi prints???

Hello Yves,

If you find a way of making a gum print with good tonality, using only
one coating, I'm all ears!

Best regards,
Tom Einar

Ps. The limitation is not the negative, but how much pigment can be
coated in one layer without the whole thing flaking off in development.
Remember that the exposure if from the top of the emulsion, and if it is
thick enough to carry the full density of the finished print, it is more
than likely to wash away in the highlights during development. I guess
using a coarse raster screen could do away with this problem, but only
at the cost of image detail and tonality.

Yves Gauvreau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Lets begin by saying I'm assuming monochrome (single pigment) gum prints.
>
> Pratically all the text I've been reading suggest about 3 exposures to get a
> "decent" monochrome gum print. One thing none of these text mention, is what
> kind of negative they usually start with??? (though some said they prefer a
> negative with a low density range)
>
> I can't understand why, using a negative especially prepared for gum prints,
> one would require multiple exposure to get the wanted result???
>
> I simply don't get it, though I'm sure it works fine and that many fine
> prints have been done that way in the past. But today with computer we can
> control the value of each pixels almost at will. I don't see how multiple
> exposure can even come close to that level of control, there is just no way.
>
> Thanks
> Yves
>
>
Received on Tue Dec 13 08:02:45 2005