Digital BW, The Print

Jerry Olson <jerryolson@...> writes:

> You probably shouldn't be mounting prints using dry mount. Use the
> archival tape hinge method. Much safer, many less problems. And the
> prints do lay flat, when matted. And no part of the print is attached
> directly to the mount/backing board.

Conservators certainly prefer prints not to be dry mounted or in any
other way permanently bonded to anything.  

However, I've never gotten a print to lie satisfactorily flat using
archival tape hinges, and the over-mat doesn't help any that I can
see.

Currently I'm just living with it.  If I had room and money I'd
probably buy a press and go back to dry mounting, because the results
look so much better.  And dry mount is known to be reasonably
well-behaved over time, too.
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