EverColor
Description
“Also during the 1990s, William (Bill) Nordstrom started to experiment with a carbon process called Agfa-Proof, a four-color proprietary prepress color proofing system. He founded the EverColor Corporation in El Dorado Hills, California, in 1993 and started marketing his EverColor pigment prints made with pigment sheets manufactured by Agfa (Fig. 3.14). Originals (negatives, transparencies, or print) were scanned, and four finely screened separation negatives were output on a clear polyester base the size of the final print (up to 24 × 36 in.).17 First, the yellow pigment sheet was laminated to a white polyester base of the final print. After a few minutes, the carrier sheet of the pigment layer was removed and the pigment layer dried. The sheet was then placed in contact with the blue separation negative, exposed to a high-intensity ultraviolet light, processed, and dried. The same operations were repeated successively with the black, magenta, and cyan pigment sheets, in this order (Alinder 1994). Finally, the print received a matte (gelatin), semimatte or mirror-gloss (acetate) finish coat. Each print was delivered with a ‘certificate of authenticity,’ a pledge to its longevity, signed by Nordstrom (Nordstrom 1993).18”
(Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, on pp. 96–97.)
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 96.
Secondary Sources
Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, on pp. 96–97. View Quote
