Digital/Analogue Hybrid Printing?

[terry tibble]

Hi.

I use both digital and film cameras, I scan my 35mm negs and print satisfactory prints up to 10X12.

I would like to blow images up to poster size plus without the expense sending them to a specialist shop.

Has anyone tried using a projector, projecting a jpg image onto standard photographic paper? or has anyone got any ideas how I can print

jpg images onto good old fashioned photographic paper, I have loads of very large sheets and the chemicals to do this, and would like to

experiment.

Regards

 

Rhodes

[ann_clancy6]

you could make a digital negative any size you like and then contact print it on the tradtional silver paper.

 

there are several methods to accomplish this, check Mark Nelson, Dan Burkholder as two of the most read writers of this technique.

[Ed_Ingold]

Unless you are prepared to make a substantial investment, time and frustration, the specialist shop will be your best choice. It's not actually that expensive. You can get a wide-format inkjet print for about $10/sq. foot, or about twice that for a Lightjet print on photographic paper.

 

Most digital projectors have a resolution of 768x1024 pixels, which is barely adequate for a 4x6 inch print, let alone a poster. Unless you are looking for a novelty effect, a poster-sized print (36x48 inches) would best start with a drum scan of a medium or (preferably) large format image. The darkroom end can be a little daunting unless you have experience with and the equipment for large prints. I had a darkroom equipped for 11x14 inch prints, but had to rock 16x20 inch prints from side to side using the diagonal of the developing trays. I had to turn the enlarger around and project to paper taped to the floor. That's how it went in the "good old days".

[Charles_Webster]

I used wallpaper trays to develop large prints, back in the day. Holding the ends of a 30 or 40" piece of paper and carefully rocking the paper back and forth through the solution. What a mess it made on the darkroom floor!

 

Only did it a few times before I decided big prints (from 2-1/4 negs) weren't all that worth it.

 

I'd suggest finding a good service bureau to do the work. There are some fine art specialists who do really great, big prints. Try Nash Editions for top of the line, large format, fine art printing.

 

<Chas>

[terry tibble]

Thanks for all the comments.

 

Ann, what you said about making a digital negative was interesting, I was in my local camera store buying a flash unit,

and whilst chatting my query asked here came out. The guy there had been experimenting, making digital negatives and

doing contact prints approx 10x2. He turned his jpg image into a negative image in photoshop, then he printed this onto

overhead projector (stuff) plastic film/paper, then he would do a contact print with this.

He had some problems with printing onto the plastic sheets though.

I could do similar as to the above to get my jpg into plastic neg format, but print the negative image small enough so that

I can fit it into my standard enlarger then blow up as you would with any large format negative. [umm what a lot of

waffling]. Maybe I should just pay someone else to do this.

 

Thanks again for all your comments.

 

Regards

 

Rhodes

[terry tibble]

Just looked at postings by Mark Nelson and Dan Burkholder as Ann suggested (is Dan the pioneer of digi negs?).

So as is the case with many things, its all been going on for years without me. lol.

Well, I learnt something new today.