I'm going to be using my 4x5 negs with the plat/pall process and I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions/experience with the different papers that I can use for these contact prints.

-- Stuart Goldstein (satgre@worldnet.att.net), December 31, 1998

Answers

Crane's Platinotype is an excellent and relatively forgiving paper specifically designed for platinum/palladium printing. It's available from Bostick & Sullivan in Santa Fe (www.bostick-sullivan.com). Dick Artenz's textbook "An Outline of Platinum Printing" has a good discussion of other options, and the machinations necessary to make them work.

-- Jay Packer (jaymp@earthlink.net), December 31, 1998.

Another paper especially made for pt/pd printing is Arches Plantine.

-- Larry Watson (larry@ora.com), January 04, 1999.