Digital BW, The Print

Jeff,

Interesting, I have an open package of 37x47 sheet of HPR 308 in my 
office sitting on a drafting table. The plastic envelope is cut open 
on 2 sides and has been this way for the past 2 months. I checked 
today and there is no visible yellowing.

Have you check with the EPA to see if your house sits in a Strategic 
Nuclear Missle area, or perhaps near Love Canal? ;-)

Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "ljkorte" <jeffkorte@m...> 
wrote:
> I guess I made the original post some time ago about HM  
> photorag 308 turning yellow. Here's what I can add today:
> 
> A dozen matted shrink-wrapped prints on HM photorag 308 were 
> just returned to me today that were displayed in the store area of 
> a gallery for  2 months. The paper base looks just as white as 
> when I printed them.
> 
> Prints that I have at home unprotected still turn yellow quite 
> rapidly. And they do not get any direct sun.
> 
> I'm thinking I have a local environment that is doing something 
> here...
> 
> Also, the fact that protected (shrink-wrap or glassed) prints don't 
> show the yellowing suggests that it is not UV related. I have not 
> done a direct sun test so I haven't seen any "bleaching".
> 
> Also, also, I sent samples of the yellowed photorag to 
> Hahnemuhle and they are apparently doing some tests at their 
> lab in Germany.
> 
> If anyone's interested, I'll let the group know what I hear from 
> them. They said they'd let me know in the next couple of weeks.
> 
> I am relieved that they appear to hold up well when under glass. 
> 
> 
> Jeff Korte