Digital BW, The Print

PhotoRag has optical brighteners in it...so it will eventually turn yellow
if left in light.  Just be aware that this will happen to your prints after
they are printed as well.  Not a problem if you are intending to store the
prints in the dark or in a portfolio...but I personally wouldn't use this
paper for any kind of permanent display.

Robert

On 2/25/02 7:29 AM, "ljkorte" <jeffkorte@...> wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
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