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03/24/2008 02:10:14 PM · #1 |
| Has anyone had a photo printed on metal? Not metalic paper. An actual sheet of metal. If you have, do you have any idea of the archival qualities of a print like that? Do you know of any on-line labs that will do that kind of printing? Thanks! |
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03/24/2008 02:17:47 PM · #2 |
| The place to check for that kind of thing is probably places which make plaques and trophies. From what I've seen, it's either a laser-etching process or done with silkscreen and special ink. |
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03/24/2008 05:47:55 PM · #3 |
//www.alternativephotography.com/process_tintype.html has the chemical recipes you need.
Now I was at a seminar of a guy that used PS and a regular printer to make his negatives - open the image in PS, make it a negative (its an option in some menu...invert selection or something) and then print that out. He usees photo paper, but it MUST be blank on the back - no paper company logos! He uses regular B&W photo paper and just makes a contact print and then develops as a normal old black and white print. So if you can get an emulsion on the metal you should be able to do the same thing.
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03/30/2008 09:20:16 PM · #4 |
| You can buy liquid emulsion that you can paint onto almost anything. |
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03/30/2008 11:42:34 PM · #5 |
| I print on metal and all kinds of things. |
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03/31/2008 04:27:39 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
//www.alternativephotography.com/process_tintype.html has the chemical recipes you need.
Now I was at a seminar of a guy that used PS and a regular printer to make his negatives - open the image in PS, make it a negative (its an option in some menu...invert selection or something) and then print that out. He usees photo paper, but it MUST be blank on the back - no paper company logos! He uses regular B&W photo paper and just makes a contact print and then develops as a normal old black and white print. So if you can get an emulsion on the metal you should be able to do the same thing. |
They used to make transparency sheets for overhead projectors that you could use in an inkjet printer to make a negative as you describe. Don't know how sharp it will be though. |
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