lith printing

[Gary Beasley <beasleyglb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 21 May 98 19:22:22 +1000
>From: "Peter Badcock"<pbadcock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Lith Printing
>
>Hi list members,
>                I have a question for those of you who may know stuff
about lith
>printing.  This topic caught my eye when Tim Rudman joined our list last
month 
>and he included the following line in his bio:
>
>"I love the combination of infra-red and lith printing - made for each
>other."
>
>Tim or anyone else who cares to comment, what exactly is lith printing.
What 
>makes it appealing for IR?  Maybe some info on a web page somewhere? I
know I 
>could go to a photographic store or library and look at a book on the
matter, 
>however if I can get enough of a convincing initial insight from my desk,
then 
>I'll most probably look up some books.
>
>
>regards
>Peter B.
>
>
Lith printing is doing it with nearly no midtones by using ultra high
contrast papers or lithographic film and developer. You can do an ultimate
lith effect on a scanned pic by converting it to 2 bit color.
Gary Beasley
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