Tissue

My message last time was not much about bubbles in the print. I wondered if
the surface of a carbon tissue shows in the final print. Let me explain.
I made my own tissue last week. A few by pouring the gelatin solution on
paper and a few by pouring it on Plexiglas and covering it with a paper. (I
had the gelatin solution standing for a whole night to get rid of the
bubbles). The papers with the gelatin poured on paper have a kind of texture
on the surface, papers that came loose from the plexi are totally flat and
shiny.
Last weekend I made prints on different papers. A few on the 'gelatin on
paper' kind and some on Hanfsteangl paper that I still have. The Hanfsteangl
surface is very smooth, much better than my home made but les smooth than
the plexi kind paper.
I printed a negative with a large neutral background on it. The background
in the print is for both papers different. Is is smoother and more uniform
in the Hanfsteangl than it is in 'home made'. All my prints were single
transfers on fixed out baryta papers.
Does the surface texture of a carbon tissue affect the print ? Do scratches
on plexi (that show on the tissue) affect the print ?

Another thing. I receive a lot of messages as a so called multi-part message
in MIME format. And I think this reacts on my messages. Is it because I have
used a so called Rich Text option in Outlook ? In this message I used Plain
Text. If someone knows let me know. I had some remarks on the Alt list too.

Witho.
Received on Mon Oct 23 03:06:30 2000