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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Arches watercolor roll paper

2012-12-11 by Paul Roark

John,

Thanks much.  I was thinking that making my own d-roller was the next
likely step.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:06 PM, John <jrnolly@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Paul:
> I've made my own "d-roller" from a 3" cardboard core, failing that, use
> some plastic sewer pipe. Tape a piece of paper to it the full width & at
> least 6" long. (longer if you are rolling short pieces on the tube). after
> back rolling it up, I spring clamp it to a table. Let it sit for 1/2 hour
> or so (depends on the paper type)
>
> John Nollendorfs
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I printed my first large panorama on Arches paper that is sold in rolls.
> In this case it was a 51 inch by 10 yard roll <
> http://www.utrechtart.com/Paper,Arches.utrecht>. I sliced off 24 inches
> from the roll and printed it in the 7800 with the Eboni-HP inkset <
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/7800-EbHP-2013.pdf>.
> >
> > The bottom line is that it appears to have worked quite well.
> >
> > The hardest part was flattening the tightly rolled Arches. ...
>
>


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