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Re: no glass vs. glass vs. plexi: which shows carbon print at its best?

2010-08-30 by Paul

Thank you! By that you mean just "ordinary" glass or acrylic, not the more expensive variety that is advertised as having special UV filtering?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mrgs1001" <mrgs1001@...> wrote:
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> Glass and acrylic both have some decent filtering and protection including UV that is why any time you see quotes about paper and ink longevity they are always quoted for images that are behind glass.
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <
> > That's pretty much what I suspected - and - the comment I hoped to hear! Thanks very much. In one of Mark's pdfs he mentions using "ordinary glass picture frame glazing" and that it simulates "standard acrylic glazing" - these terms imply to me these materials have no UV filtering.
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