Sending Negatives

[Davec101]

I need to send some digital negatives printed on pictorico type film from the U.K to the U.S by plane and am wondering what to interleave them with, last time some of them stuck together obviously due to the varying temperatures that occur in flight etc...

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[DennyS]

I've had good luck with glassine. You could probably use any smooth interleaving paper or tissue.

 

[Ben Altman]

Hi Dave

Talas has some Silicone Release Paper
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You might be able to get something similar in UK.

Best, Ben

 

[R Shaffer]

I have recently had some unusual experiences with the tissue that comes with some OHP and also with paper interleaving the negatives. After printing, a few of the negatives have had changes in the density of the ink as soon as 24 hours after printing. It was only apparent in relatively uniform areas of midtone, but it was very obvious after printing. I did not change my handling of the negatives and I had never had these issues prior to a couple of months ago. I can't figure out a cause, however the paper was obviously wrinkled that was in contact with the ink. So it certainly has something to do with moisture or off-gassing.

I recently purchased Crystal Clear Bags ( ClearBags - Promote, Protect and Preserve ) to fix a problem I was having with carbon prints. I have had several negatives in these sleeves for over a week and I can see no sign of changes and I print with the negative in the bag. They are cheap as 100 11x14 bags was only $13, but shipping was I thought a bit pricey @ $13. I was very impressed that I had the bags the day after I placed the order on-line.

 

[pschwart]

I print, then store, my negatives in clear 2 mil polypropylene bags. I use Ultrachrome ink and the negatives have never stuck to the plastic even with RH 50-60%. Inkpress OHP used to ship with interleaving and I use those sheets to separate tissues that have not yet been sensitized.

I need to send some digital negatives printed on pictorico type film from the U.K to the U.S by plane and am wondering what to interleave them with, last time some of them stuck together obviously due to the varying temperatures that occur in flight etc...

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[R Shaffer]

I print, then store, my negatives in clear 2 mil polypropylene bags. I use Ultrachrome ink and the negatives have never stuck to the plastic even with RH 50-60%. Inkpress OHP used to ship with interleaving and I use those sheets to separate tissues that have not yet been sensitized.

And I meant to mention that it was Philip who recommended these bags to me.

Thanks again.

 

[Davec101]

Thanks for your advice all, does anyone know where parcels go when you send them via fed-ex, is it in the hold of the plane and are these usually temprature controlled. Any moisture that might get in those plastic bags could then be sticking to the printable side of the pictorico. I guess i will just have to try and see what happens.

 

[cooltouch]

Even the holds of cargo planes have to be temperature and pressure controlled or else the contents would be damaged. I was concerned about this very thing and asked a shipper one time, and they said yes they had to, or else things like aerosol containers would burst and make a big mess. Remember, up there at 35,000 feet or so, the outside air temp is well below freezing and the air pressure is almost nil.

I'm not familiar with pictorico type film -- is it an odd size or something? For my negs, I just buy the archival preservers -- pages that are available in sizes from 35mm to 8x10 -- from my local camera shop.