Entrée principale:

Nadeau, Luis.

Titre et auteur:

History and practice of platinum printing / by Luis Nadeau.

Publication:

New Brunswick, Canada : L. Nadeau, ©1984.

Description:

iv, 98 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Histoire et pratique de la platinotypie.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96) and index.
Introduction -- History: Early research ; Platinum toning ; Willis' patents ; British patent no. 2011, 5th June 1873 ; British patent no. 2800, 12th July 1878 ; British patent no. 1117, 15th March 1880 ; British patent no. 1681, 2nd Feb. 1887 ; The Platinotype company ; Other manufacturers ; Printing-out platinum paper ; Platinum's popularity ; Decline of platinum printing ; British patent no. 20, 022, 4th Sept. 1913 ; Contemporary revival of platinum/palladium printing -- General considerations: Equipment required ; Light sources ; Contact printing frame ; Other accessories ; Necessary chemicals ; Ferric oxalate ; Image color ; Developers ; Other developers ; Fixing or clearing agents ; Clearing tests ; The choice of support and its preparation ; Paper manufacture ; Choice of paper ; Sizing ; Gelatin sizing ; Preservatives ; Starch sizing ; Arrowroot sizing ; Temporary sizing with dextrin ; Other sizes -- The process: The negative ; Preparing the sensitizing solution ; Sensitizer mixture for contrast control ; Other contrast controls ; Coating the paper ; Drying ; Printing ; Developing ; Clearing ; Washing ; Drying and finishing the print ; Mounting the print ; Troubleshooting the guide
Platinotype modifications and other formulas: Brush-glycerin development ; Additives ; Gold chloride ; Lead oxalate ; Mercuric chloride ; Gum arabic and other colloids ; Combination printing ; Toners and intensifiers ; Gold toning ; Platinum intensifier ; Silver toning ; Uranium toning ; Red tones ; Blue tones ; Olive tones ; Further notes on uranium toning ; Other toners ; Packham's catechu or "cutch" toner ; Pyro, other organic compounds, and copper toners ; Platinum/palladium reduction ; Palladium image ; Platinum image; Manufacturing and testing the ferric oxalate ; Recovery of platinum residues ; Silver-platinum (satista) ; Print-out platinum -- On the permanence, restoration, and conservation of platinotypes: Platinum metal ; Palladium metal ; The permanence of platinum/palladium prints ; Paper quality ; Regarding the pH of papers ; Platinum vs carbon for permanence ; Restoration ; Cleaning of old platinotypes -- Appendix 1: Handling and disposal of platinum chemicals -- Appendix 2: How to build a UV (black-light) printer.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0969084129 (paperback)
9780969084129 (paperback)

Sujet:

Photography Printing processes Platinotype.
Platinotypie.
palladium process.

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