Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is done at Calypso Imaging. They call me when the print is processed, I stop by and sign the prints, they then put the film on the print. They have a very expensive machine, 60" wide, that cold presses the laminate on prints, up to any length. They have different rolls of laminate material as well. I use the thinnest available. The gloss is almost like a super gloss. I really like the gloss but on big prints, the reflection of the surroundings (usually windows and lights) is a pain. Jim At 11:45 AM 4/21/00 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >Jim...Nice ideas...How does the laminate work...is it just a peel and place >kind of thing, or a more complicated process? >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >On Behalf Of Jim Brick > >I sign all of my Cibachrome and LightJet prints with a "paint" pen. White, >black, silver, or gold. The print is then laminated with a very thin (~2 >mil) UV laminate, either gloss or matt. It is difficult to tell that the >laminate is there, but it makes the print cleanable. That is, you can wipe >it with a damp cloth to clean off the sneeze spots. My signature is under >the laminate on the print. The appropriate contrasting color for whatever >print color it has to be on top of. > >The paint pens are nice because they have calligraphy (chisel) points. I >can sign small on small prints (use the end point of the chisel) and I can >sign very large on very large prints (use the flat face of the chisel). > >Jim > > >At 08:06 PM 4/19/00 +0000, Ed Buziak wrote: >>Mark, >> >>You've got me checking my prints again... all those from your side of the >>pond (Sextons, Orlands, et al) are signed in pencil... but in ink from the >>European side 8-( >> >>Ed Buziak / Publisher >> >>From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> >> >>>George >>>And they had you sign the print and with what? I use a pencil, not ink >like I >>>just saw in the Martine Frank show. >>>I like black metal frames but wood is sometimes elegant. >>>Your teacher above has you do it just like I do it and I use the light >>>impressions people as a main source for stuff as well as info. >>>Many people here will still swear by dry mounting and signing a mat. >Things >>>change but not always people. >>>Mark Rabiner > >