Digital BW, The Print

I hope I was not misleading anyone with me calling it "cracking" where it really looks like (other things to describe it) streak, spider web, lightning bolt, just no ink on paper.

Since I have no way of showing anyone this think of it if you were to shoot at a piece of paper with a water pistol and them print over that, the ink would not stick where the water blocked it. This is an extreme description because they are so small I had to us a lighted loupe to see it. Does that make sense?

Tom,
Just about sea level, super modern house (its been in Architectural Digest - glass, stainless steel, and stone)

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:58 AM, Tom Fielder wrote:

> Just another guess -
> 
> The print touching the plex must have had an effect.  On the other hand,
> cracking (of any material) is stress related and caused by either humidity
> or atmospheric pressure (less likely).  
> 
> Atmospheric pressure (unlikely, but possible):  Where are you located?  What
> elevation?   Where is the print located?  Elevation?  I might think about
> the elevation of the paper factory; however, this problem has occurred
> beginning from the elevation where the print was produced.  
> 
> Humidly :  I'm assuming that your client has an expensive house.  If he has
> a modern (last decade) heating and cooling system, he likely has
> sophisticated humidity controls allowing him to seriously de-humidify his
> home.  If so, that could likely crack a Photo Rag.  Think about a print
> produced on the coast in say Charleston, SC and then hung in death valley
> (Racetrack?).  That print is going to crack.   
> 
> Another person's 2 cents -
> 
> Tom