Digital BW, The Print

Tyler,

When you get the urge check the archives on Phil Bard's work with A&I 
using the LightJet film recorder to make an enlargeable 4X5 from a 
digital file, Steve Meyer's work making negs from scans of X-ray 
using an LVT recorder and then there is always Strange Ross's digital 
to photogravure technique.

Print wax. I'll have to check that out. Maybe on top of the Varathane.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...> 
wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley"
> <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> snip
> ...I keep 
> > hoping to here more about producing digital negs, contact 
printing, 
> > etc. The group and the market seem totally focused on inkjet but I
> am 
> > hoping for some other options.
> 
> Well here's an idea I haven't had time to pursue. Lightjet and
> similar processes write digital info to continuous tone print 
> materials. I inquired with the local pro lab, and they showed me a
> clear film material that can be used with the process, 
> probably used for overhead projections or other kinds of backlit
> displays. It would take some calibration, but why not 
> output a negative on it for contact printing? It's not that 
expensive
> considering many prints could be made from it. Seems 
> like it would be superior to the imagewriter options people are
> trying because it's not dots, it's continuous tone film being 
> written to with light. It'll be a long time before I get around to
> trying it, it's a thought.
> > 
> > I hate to point you down this road as it is full of pitfalls and 
> > raises new questions, but have you tried varnishing a print yet?
> 
> Nope but I'm interested. Another thing somewhere on my list...
> I tried some kind of print wax from Light Imperssions a while back,
> yuk.
> Mariners just scored 6 points in the first inning, now these guys
> just might be gods, and I don't even like baseball.
> Tyler