RE: What are the advantages of using Cyanotype as the first layer fortri-color gum prints? Paper Problems...

Hi Christina,

Which printer / transparency material do you use for making negatives
and what are your printer settings?

I print using an Epson 1290 (1280), OEM dye inks on Photowarehouse
Ultrafine Crystal Clear (recommended by you - thanks again, it cuts down
my negative cost drastically) and my printer is not capable of rendering
the 1x1 pixel checkerboard pattern "on the negative" (examined with a
10x loupe).

I'll do Ziatype tests this week, and will compare the resolution I get
with both Cyano2 and Zia...

Regards,
Loris.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@montana.net]
Sent: 20 Eylül 2005 Salı 15:46
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: What are the advantages of using Cyanotype as the first
layer fortri-color gum prints? Paper Problems...

Oops! There's a typo!
"About platinum: I'm totally sure that it may show better resolution
than Cyanotype using the same negative, printed on the same paper."
should be: ...I'm "NOT" totally sure... Regards, Loris.

Loris,
I'll trust your judgment on this one because I will never try pt/pd on
cold
pressed Fabriano :) BUT I do have test targets on Platine of both
cyanotype
and palladium and will scan them tomorrow and see if you are, in fact,
right
on.

Why I mentioned the pt/pd off the cuff is that the tiniest test target
that
I show on that image on Mark's website, the one that is obliterated in
all
the gum but in 3/4 of the cyano, on COLD pressed paper, on a smooth
paper
such as Parchmont Wove shows even down to the one pixel side of that
target,
as well as all lines. So it can't get any better than that, so to
speak. Chris
Received on Tue Sep 20 07:16:30 2005