Digital BW, The Print

I first wrote about the yellowing photorag 308 about three weeks 
ago. My test strips that are lying about the studio out of direct light 
are turning yellow. Strips buried in the stack don't show 
yellowing.

Since then it's been suggested that it could be localized 
environmental conditions. This could be. I contacted Digital Art 
Supplies and they asked that I send off some samples to 
Hahnemuhle.

I did, and when/if I hear any news from their lab I'll post to the 
group.

Best Regards,

Jeff Korte



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:


> When a user reported a yellowing of the photorag paper base 
on prints that 
> where just lying about, I immediately placed a print in the South 
window 
> 2/10/02. 12-13 days later I see no sign of yellowing of the 
paper base. Its 
> not much time I no, but I'm really impressed as other papers 
have yellowed in 
> a week. For a bright white paper I think this is very good. 
> On another note, I have another box of Photorag that was 
35x46 that I had cut 
> in half. The very top sheet did have two bright yellow patches 
near the end 
> of the sheet like it had been in contact with something acidic. 
Looks like a 
> tape mark or contact mark from cardboard. There is something 
environmentally 
> sensitive about this paper, but I doubt its UV. I'am still going to 
use the 
> paper confidently, and may try to reproduce the yellowing 
staining with 
> contact with other acidic sources.
> Steven Meyers
> 
> 
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