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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / General Topics / December 2006Metallic photo paper?
I have begun to do business with White House Custom Color for my digital printing. They use the "lightjet" system that most "digital on photographic paper" places use these days, and so they offer three options of Kodak Royal paper on which to receive prints: glossy, lustre, and metallic. I am curious if anyone here has experience with traditional printing or digital lightjet printing on metallic photo paper and what the basic pros and cons might be. I gather that lighter areas of your image would actually take on some of the metallic qualities of the paper, but is there also an overall effect on colors, darker tones, etc.? Cheers!  SignatureAaron http://www.fisheyegallery.com http://www.singleservingphoto.com > I have begun to do business with White House Custom Color for my > digital printing. They use the "lightjet" system that most "digital on [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Cheers! Ink jet printing works best when the ink and paper are made to work together. Otherwise, the colors can be off, and there can be problems with the ink drying. Kodak ink jet papers work well with HP imks on two HP inkjet printers I've used. I don't know about the light jet method. And lo, Marvin <physchem@cloud9.net> emerged from the ether and spake thus: >> I have begun to do business with White House Custom Color for my >> digital printing. They use the "lightjet" system that most "digital on [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > used. > I don't know about the light jet method. Light Jet is sort of a "trade name" for the machinery used by places such as shutterfly.com and AdoramaPix, where a digital photograph is exposed on real photographic paper using red, green, and blue lasers and then developed using traditional development methods (chemicals). All of this is done inside of a huge machine, which is sometimes referred to as a "light jet," although the "jet" is really a misnomer since there's no "ink," /per se/. So my question was actually about developing photographs on "metallic photographic paper," either using traditional darkroom technique or a light jet system. I just want to know about the properties of this paper. SignatureAaron http://www.fisheyegallery.com http://www.singleservingphoto.com > So my question was actually about developing photographs on "metallic > photographic paper," either using traditional darkroom technique or a > light jet system. I just want to know about the properties of this > paper. I just read something recently that 'they' are developing a silver gelatin black & white print paper suitable for lightjet laser printing so it seems possible but not widespread yet. Apparently regular old B&W silver gelatin paper doesn't work right. And lo, Paul Furman <paul-@-edgehill.net> emerged from the ether and spake thus: >> So my question was actually about developing photographs on "metallic >> photographic paper," either using traditional darkroom technique or a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > so it seems possible but not widespread yet. Apparently regular old B&W > silver gelatin paper doesn't work right. I received my test prints from White House Custom Color (www.whcc.com) as well as sample prints on their three papers and with their three texture coatings (they do this for free for all new customers.) The metallic paper looks just like what you describe; the white areas are actually shiny like metal. It doesn't say anywhere in their documentation that this paper is limited to black and white prints, but I don't think it would look too great with color. The test image they used was a closeup of a locomotive wheel of some kind. The reflective nature of the paper really makes such a mechanical subject look awesome. I am excited to try it out with my own stuff. SignatureAaron http://www.fisheyegallery.com http://www.singleservingphoto.com Many years ago there was a post treatment that could be used on B&W image that caused resulted in a silver image (black on silver effect). I tried this and it worked on some glossy emulsions. I may even have a few of the prints. I will look through my archives and give an update. > And lo, Marvin <physchem@cloud9.net> emerged from the ether > and spake thus: [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > light jet system. I just want to know about the properties of this > paper. > And lo, Marvin <physchem@cloud9.net> emerged from the ether > and spake thus: [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > light jet system. I just want to know about the properties of this > paper. People have spread photographic emulsions on all sorts of materials. |
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