Digital BW, The Print

Spotone is not pigment. They are dyes. That means all the prints we've spotted over the years will change. I've actually seen some of  mine change toward bluer hues already.

Edward Weston used to use a spotting color made of gum arabic and black carbon based drawing ink. His will probably do better than the modern methods we used.

Best thing to use for spotting inkjet prints is the actual pigments themselves. Take old carts, break them open and put the remainder in little bottles. I used to use Windsor Newton watercolors but the actual inkjet pigments will fade at the same rate and penetrate better.

john




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Lew" <lew1716@...> wrote:
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> I wonder what the raw pigment is. Probably not too hard to mix yourself if you knew.
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> From: "Paul" <paulmwhiting@...>
> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:54:00 
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Bad News About Alise Natural
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> I had left my SpotTone in the garage, when one cold night I remembered it was out there... sure enough, my #2 bottle had cracked and completely drained! And it is no longer made. I looked on eBay and individual bottles (they're tiny!) are selling for over $20 each! So, if you've still got some, hang on to it. Of course, those little bottles are pretty much a lifetime supply.
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> I still have some blotches in my plastic mixing tray, so am ok for the time being.
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> Paul
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ClaytonJ" <cj@> wrote:
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> > Hello Paul,
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> > >...I still get a few - however they're easy to spot with some SpotTone from my darkroom days. 
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> > I still have some SpotTone, never thought to try it on inkjet papers.  I'll give it a try, thanks for the tip.
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> > Regards,
> > Clayton
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> > Info on black and white digital printing at    
> > http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> > I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
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