Re: Digital negatives???

>
> the idea was to make a (fine) negatives(1) for alt process in
> general and I
> should have said 16"x20" instead of 8x10.
Okay . . then Pictorico is necessary. It is a film coated with micro-
ceramic particles and
holds inks (from an Epson printer with Ultrachrome inks) extremely
well with a quick dry
and no spreading.
If you purchase a roll of Pictorico you can get about 35 negs from a
17 inch by 66 foot
long roll. The ink cost is about $1.20 per square foot. With quick
figuring that makes the
cost per 15" x 29" negative about $11 (U.S.) if you are careful.
The least expensive Epson printer is the 4000 or, now, the 4800
(which I prefer for doing
triple duty: negs, b/w images and color). That is about $2k.
But, and there is the caveat, if you are serious regarding all this,
the whole price is
worth the investment.
Jack Fulton

>
> Basically, I think we have two choice, either we make our own
> negative on a
> printer(2) which imply the cost of the printer, the numbers of
> negative it
> can do, the cost of inks and the cost of material used as film or
> have it
> done by someone else. I just wanted to have an idea of what method
> and/or
> device to use considering quality and cost.
>
> Thanks,
> Yves
>
> (1) All edits are done on the computer file => no dodging or burning
> (2) Or some other device capable of using a computer file as input
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Fulton" <jefulton1@comcast.net>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Digital negatives???
>
>
>> Depends upon what you wish to do with it.
>> If you want to work on platinum/palladium, cyano, VDB, that will use
>> UV light so you will
>> require the Pictorico product. IOf you merely wish to make a fine neg
>> (all dodged, burned and finished)
>> for a standard silver-gelatin print, then you can use the Epson
>> backlit (or other brand) material to print
>> on as it blocks UV light and an enlarger made print does not get
>> affected by that lack.
>> Jack Fulton
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 5, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Yves Gauvreau wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'd like to know if anyone knows an as cheap as possible but a
>>> repeatable,
>>> and precise way of producing a large negative (8x10 or more) from a
>>> digital
>>> file???
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Yves
>>>
>>
>
Received on Thu Jan 5 18:49:08 2006