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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Mission San Miguel - new sepia webpage photo

2002-03-23 by James E. Martz

At 11:11 AM 3/21/2002 -0800, Paul Roark wrote:

>I do reduce the curl by slicing off the 17" strips a day before and putting
>them under a paper box to reduce the curl a bit.  (I'm experimenting with
>different ways to reduce the curl.  Dampening the paper seems to help in
>this regard.  So the last time I used a hand sprayer to dampen blotter
>papers that I sandwiched the EAM between.  The I let the pile dry on drying
>screens.  Next time I'll probably just spray the back of the EAM and have it
>hang to dry with weights on the bottom holding it straight.  The flattening
>procedure is clearly a work in progress.)

Paul,

Have you tried rolling the paper backwards on a roll core for a day or two 
to see how that affects the curl?



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James E. Martz
Milan, OH
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