Digital BW, The Print

Wolf,

Good idea.  My press is just sitting there looking for a useful job to save
it from the trash heap. (I hope to never again dry mount a 16x20.)

I was trying not to touch the surface of the paper.  Did the blotter
paper/press have any effect on the surface or leave any debris?

Paul
  -----Original Message-----
  From: wolfkphotos [mailto:wolfkutnahorskyphotos@rogers.com]
  Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 10:13 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Flattening roll paper curl- a solution


  Paul,
  I understand your procedure for flattening rolled paper, but being
  rather inept at fabricating gizmos of any kind, it occurred to me
  that
  an easier solution was staring me in the face.
  In regards to your suggestion of wetting the paper, this made me
  realise
  that
  the problem of roll
  curl was identical to my old problem of flattening an air dried fiber
  print– the solution, stick it in a dry mount press while the
  paper is still damp.
  I tested this with some severely curled Photo Rag 308. Using a plant
  mister filled with distilled water, I slightly dampened the back of
  the
  paper (a couple of squirts) and stuck it between two
  sheets of blotting paper in my dry mount press  for 30 seconds, set
  at
  175 degrees,  flipped the paper, gave it another 30 seconds, and
  viola,
  no trace of curl- the paper was flat as a board. Fed
  through my 1200 like a charm.
  While not everyone has a mount press,  why couldn't the same thing be
  done with an iron and a couple of sheets of blotting paper placed on
  a
  flat surface? Seems to me that should work
  equally well.
  This might be a quicker, easier solution than weights. Give it a try.
  Regards,
  Wolf Kutnahorsky



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