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Re: [Digital BW] Suggestions for cutting rolls of paper?

2002-10-03 by tjphotoct

Paul,
You are a very patient man. Contrast your method with this 
madman in the garage hacking away at the entire roll of paper 
with little bits of paper chaff flying everywhere. 
I admire you.
Thom

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Thom,
> 
> In my 3000 I us EAM (EEM, actually) that is cut from 24" rolls.  I 
slice of
> 17" using straight edges and a razor knife.  I then take the 
17x24" piece
> and lay it between 2 clean blotter papers that have been evenly 
dampened
> with distilled water -- not soaking wet.  I use a hand sprayer to 
do this as
> evenly as possible.  I use the blotter paper box as a press to 
flatten the
> sandwich.  After the EAM has been there a couple of minutes, I 
feed it into
> the 3000 via the front paper tray, using the "Load/Eject" button 
to pre-load
> it.  So, I'm printing on paper that is a hair damp (not wet), has 
no curl
> left in it, may be slightly wavy, is 24" long, and works perfectly 
every
> time.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com

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