I've produced a set of line drawings in archicad printed on trace for a second year architecture scheme and I'm very happy with the results (seemingly my tutors were also). However, I've seen a few examples over time of architects using silver gelatin to print on and would like to take my drawings to this medium of possible.

I've read about the process but am looking for a good primer on the subject as I'd like to take my archicad drawings to this medium. If anybody has any experience of the process or knows of a good online source or book on the process I'd be very grateful.

Many thanks.

it's all in the name, kid...
http://www.blackandwhitelab.com/tips_pages/silver_gelatin.htm

you could mess around w/ printing/copying your stuff onto acetate, then laying those on top of your b&w paper and exposing it for some amount of time in the darkroom. might get some nice effects, particularly if the acetate wasn't completely flattened...

Don't really understand if you understand what you want.

For my portfolio I did something a bit similar, but just printed what I wanted, mirrored horizontally and inverted, using a laser printer, then laid it over a 4x5 negative with contact printing glass and printed in a darkroom.

If you get that, what you need is an inverted print of what you want, and normal photo(darkroom) silver paper: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Black-White/ci/802/N/4294542758

RC papers are plastic, FB papers are fiber pased (used for more archival properties)...

what you need is someone who has some experience in a darkroom, it's really not that hard. For doing what you want you'd need appropiately sized paper, a glass sheet larger than your print, and another flat surface(glass would probably be best)

something like this:

----------(top glass sheet)
-------- (inverted trace)
-------- (silver-paper)
-----------(2nd flat surface)

you could print using the above in a bathroom with a single bare lightbulb (lookup contact printing) but you'd need it to be lighttight, and then trays for developer/stop-bath/fixer(once its in the fix lights can come on)

again, i'd just get someone who knows darkroom processes and explain what you want and have them help you along.