Digital BW, The Print

At 10:52 AM -0800 11/18/02, Alan Zinn wrote:
>At 05:52 PM 11/17/2002 -0000, you wrote:
>>My apologizes if this has already been discussed but I'm curious if
>>anyone has experience coating prints simply to protect them from
>>handling. I am printing a series of duotone images on a 2200 and Epson
>>Archival Matte. The end result will be "bound" into a book of sorts
>>and I'm thinking about trying to coat them. I don't have any
>>particular need to change their dmax or appearance and I don't want to
>>(significantly) degrade their permanence or stability, but I'd like to
>>protect them as best as possible from handling. Any suggestions or
>>experience?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Art Maples
>>art@...
>>www.duotone.com
>>
>Art,
>
>Traditionally bound art prints are interleaved with something. Even if you
>coat the pictures you should do this.  I have seen very nice bound editions
>with tipped in pictures and interleaving. The main advantage of having the
>print on another sheet of paper (at least a third again larger than the
>print) is that the pages lay flat. Light Impressions has all types of
>interleaving paper.
>
>AZ
>
>Build a Lookaround!
>The Lookaround Book.
>http://www.panoramacamera.us
>


Laminate them or paint them with artist's matte medium or if you 
don't like the matte, intermix it with gloss medium and get a semi 
gloss...or just use the glass if that's the look you want.  I can 
recommend brands if you email me off list.

Bill Agee
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