Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry about that. Pt/pd = platinum/palladium printing. Some, myself included, think it is the most beautiful of all printing processes. It is expensive, fussy, and requires a large negative. It is also fairly toxic, not as much as daguerreotype (mercury fumes, anyone?), but up there. If Mark is eating pt/pd on his waffles, the pleasure will likely be short-lived. Essentially, you pour the emulsion onto paper and then smooth it out with a haku brush or a glass rod. Therein lies the greatest health hazard. The only container suitable for pouring the emulsion is a shot glass. In the safelight, the emulsion looks amazingly like Scotch. So there is the chance of a lapse in attention and a conditioned reflex! FYI here are two links for master pt/pd printers: www.tommillea.com www.davidmichaelkennedy.com I was fortunate enough to learn something from both of these guys. Most of Tom's are platinum, most of David's are double-coated palladium. The web will not do these justice. Most are 20x24" inch contact prints that you could almost jump into. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:22 PM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: OT was RE: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice? > > > > Yes, I have to admit I have no idea on PT/PD either! The closest Google > got > me was > "The nonchondritic Pt/Pd ratios and Pt enrichment in the island-arc mantle > xenoliths". Or worse > "A comparative investigation was done on the interaction of glycerol using > polyaniline supported Pt nanoparticles, Pt-Pd bimetallic nanoparticles" > > Certainly would explain the crunchiness on your waffles. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice? > > Yes of course pt/pd! I put them on my waffles in the morning! > Crunchy! > > mark@rabinergroup.com > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > From: Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:56:06 -0500 > > To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org> > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice? > > > > I imagine those stats are pretty much on the mark. But, I do think the > > calibration (color-managed workflow) is the best thing about inkjet > > printing. Until they change the ink or paper on me, I can usually > match > > the monitor with the first print out, or at most second. But, from then > on, > > it is just like chemical printing. It goes into a stack to be reviewed, > > shown to friends, etc. in a month or so. The reaction then can be > anywhere > > from it's OK, to what was I thinking? I'm not sure the ultimate ratio > of > > keepers is any different, but it is nice to get that first print without > a > > lot of fuss. It is nirvana compared to my first love, pt/pd, where the > > variables change by the hour. > > > > Ken > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > >> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner > >> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 3:41 PM > >> To: Leica Users Group > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice? > >> > >> If I knew ten non pro people with darkrooms two of them could make a > print > >> for reproduction, newsprint, in a pinch. > >> And one of them could make a full scale Ansel Adams quality print. > >> Most could never be botherered. And took the first thing which came out > >> everything out. Their level of "craft" if you could call it that > several > >> down from what the process is anywhere near capable of. > >> > >> And out of ten people I know printing inkjets most print on junk paper; > >> and > >> take first outs; thinking "calibration" replaces craft. > >> But I've seen way more top level prints now that people are printing > >> inkjet. > >> A lot more people doing it for one. > >> > >> > >> > >> mark@rabinergroup.com > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information