Wetprinting, the State of the Art

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 88, No. 9, pp. 600–603
Abstract: A short historical overview is given of wetprinting systems and other methods for making negative scratches invisible on the print. A general classification is made, dividing the wetprinting systems into three principal classes: the surface-layer system, the aquarium gate, and the total-immersion method. Advantages and drawbacks of each of these systems are discussed. Design criteria for a total-immersion system are described and illustrated. An important innovation is that the printing light beam is directed downward. As a consequence, the negative rides on top of the print film, and rising bubbles (if present) will adhere only to the base of the print film where they cannot cause a photographic imprint. A white-light printer with this configuration is described.
Publication Date: 1979-09-01
DOI: 10.5594/J16641
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J16641
Author(s): William D. CarterCarter Equipment Co., Inc., 15430 Condon Ave., Lawndale, CA 90260
Copyright: © 1979 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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Printing Motion-Picture Films Immersed in a Liquid Part III: Evaluation of Liquids [Active]
Application of a Liquid Layer on Negative Films to Eliminate Surface Defects in Optical Printing [Active]
Optical Printing of Liquid-Coated Negatives at Technicolor [Active]
Printing Motion-Picture Films Immersed in a Liquid: Part I: Contact Printing [Active]
Part II: Optical Printing [Active]
Some thoughts on the Optics of Wet Printing [Active]
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