Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stasys, You might try searching the alt-photo-prosess list for this information. http://www.usask.ca/lists/alt-photo-process/ Leo On May 17, 2004, at 6:51 PM, Stasys Petravicius wrote: > Hi all- I'm trying to make a few cyanotype (prussian blue, or blue > print > like) prints without great luck. I am following the info from the LFI > magazine 3/2004 issue (making a dig. neg, printing on inkjet to > acetate, > then contact printing on sensitized inkjet paper, washing and drying). > I've > used some scanned Leica negs, and digital data. The scanned film seems > better- but still not very good results. The print looks too dark, the > color > murky (not the nice blue I should get) and in all- not a good result. > Also, > the inkjet printing on the acetate is not satisfactory- with too much > ink- > it all runs together, with less- at 150 dpi it is lacking in detail. I > was > scared to try the printing on my Epson 2200, so just used the Epson > Stylus > color 777 with generic ink. I only use Epson ink and paper on the > 2200- was > scared of gumming it up. My exposure was 6 minutes in cloudy/bright > daylight. > > Thanks for suggestions. Stasys > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >