Reply to judy
porky pig (karchie@garamond.develop.american.edu)
Mon, 24 Jul 1995 08:46:04 -0400
>I hesitated to get into this because it's a form of quicksand, but my
>curiosity is getting the better of me. Am I mistaken to assume that, a
>relatively new gum printer, you are printing 20x24?
yep. i started with 8x10, but im a sucker for big. ive deen doing this for
about two/three years now (off & on).
>
>What paper are you using? What continuous tone film do you have in that
>dimension? How are you registering?
I switch my papers alot. always super heavy (200-300 lb) watercolor paper
thats acid free. arches or lana or the like. i cant afford continuous tone
film that big, so i use a small good quality duplicating film to get a pos,
then enlarge on big lith film (its super cheap and crappy stuff from
freestyle in CA, but its the only big film in my price range). i process
for a continuous tone, and get useable results. ive also tried to use 20x24
paper negs from a xerox machine. they were ok, but of course the exposure
time was unbelievable and the tone range sucked big time (but since the
stuff i was doing looked pretty good in high contrast it was ok by me). I
register with run-of-the-mill sewing pins in four corners. id never do it
for four color printing, but with mono and duo tones its ok.
Kate Archie
karchie@garamond.develop.american.edu
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