Re: What are the advantages of using Cyanotype as the first layer for tri-color gum prints? Paper Problems...

Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>

> This is not to say gum does not print fine detail, yada yada yada. The
> detail can be paper dependent--e.g. cold press vs. hot press--as well as
> process dependent.

Hi,
I've always said that the question of whether gum can print fine detail
is mainly a function of the negative and the paper (it's hard for me to
imagine how a finely-focused large format film negative could print
anything but very sharp detail in gum on smooth paper) but, as Mark has
shown in a recent conversation here, the light source is also apparently
a factor in sharpness for gum.
Katharine

>
> Hi Chris,
> So the Cyanotype layer prints sharper than the gum layers?
> Mark Nelson
Received on Mon Sep 19 09:33:52 2005