Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/17

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Subject: [Leica] printing on metal
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:33:32 -0500

I may experiment with bamboo papers. Hahnem?hle makes one I think Moab does.
Those are the two brands I mainly use anyway.
Sugar Cane Paper  is also made by Hahnem?hle.
Both are like the rag papers I already am standardized on but have subtle
differences from that.


-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/


> From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:00:33 -0600
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] printing on metal
> 
> Have had several; done on Kodak paper with great results. Am now using a
> "metallic" inkjet paper from Red River Paper with good, although less
> dramatic results. You'[re right, it demands certain images. most of mine
> have been done for a client that is a contractor that works in refineries,
> power plants and chemical plants, so it's perfect, but I understand that it
> is becoming popular with some wedding photogs. But they probably only want
> something that looks different. There is someone locally that mounts prints
> on aluminum, and it looks good although hard to hang. I have seen ads for
> someone that prints on aluminum, presumably with  an emulsion coating, but 
> I
> don't see how they do that. Perhaps like to old emulsion transfer process
> for canvas?
> 
> Bill Pearce
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. Clayton McKee
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:24 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] printing on metal
> 
> Lab down here offers that.  I had a couple of pix done on metallic paper
> (not aluminum plate) and found that you've REALLY got to have the right
> image for the process.  Otherwise it just looks strange.
> 
> It doesn't seem to suit me.
> 
> 
> R. Clayton McKee
> PhotoJournalist
> from somewhere just south of somewhere else...
> 
> 
>> ________________________________
>> 
>> 
> Anyone here ever done it?
>> 
>> http://marytaylorart.com/FAQ/inkAID.htm
>> 
>> Leo Wesson
>> Photographer/Videographer
>> 817.733.9157
>> www.leowesson.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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