[sdiy] Digital negs/pos - Panel Finish and PCBs

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

A couple of years ago I took a platinum palladium photo printing class.
Since I'm a digital photographer I didn't have the regular film negatives
that the other people had. Before I took the class I did a lot of research
to figure out if there were ways to get the negatives I needed. It turns out
there has been a lot of work done in this field over the years and
acceptable negatives (and positives) can be made on a good quality photo
inkjet printer. I have a Canon i960 which is getting pretty old now but it
was able to do the job.

Long story short. These techniques and materials should be adequate for
doing all sorts of photo things like PCBs and front panels.

Check out these URLs and do some research on your own.
http://www.danburkholder.com/Pages/misc_pages/digital_neg_faq.htm
http://www.pictorico.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=51

Good synth making to all.
Jay S.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Scott
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:56 AM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Panel Finish
>
>
> Is there any long term problem w/ spraying bare aluminum w/
> lacquer or poly?  I've been making panels by transferring an
> image  to the bare (silver) aluminum, then coating.   Will the
> aluminum still oxidize under the finish and cause trouble 10 or
> 20 years down the road?
>
> thanks!   - still trying to work out the best diy method for
> panels!  (I used to (about 10 years ago now) use some translucent
> paper, glued on, then sprayed w/ poly.  That looked great until a
> few years later when the paper started absorbing moisture and
> expanding/wrinkling!  So far this toner transfer is working well)
>  Unfortunately I like black graphics on the bare metal.  I've
> found several people have posted great explanations for their
> methods of making professional looking black panels w/ white
> text, but not black text on silver.  The toner transfer does look
> good, but I have concerns about the longevity.
>
> thanks again
>
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