Digital BW, The Print

Rub down these papers with a soft rag like the Ilford Cleaning Cloths.
It GREATLY reduces flaking.  Rub fairly hard.

Jerry




jim hayes wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "neilhfolberg"
> <folberg@n...> wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> 
> > > I had more flaking problems then this with photorag. I used
> > William
> > > Turner more and this was also bad. But I must add that the
> > humidity
> > > here is low. What happens after you spot print and frame it,
> > only to
> > > discover that it flakes more hanging on the wall? Or does the
> > fixative
> > > prevent all future flaking?
> >
> > I haven't had the prints hanging yet, but I have been keeping
> > them in a portfolio case and handling them a lot and they haven't
> > flaked.
> 
> I guess this can be representative of putting print through it's
> "paces", flake-wise then. The thing about being behind a frame is that
> you'd have to disassemble it to respot it. And worse than this, if you
> used plexi instead of glass, the static charge buildup might
> contribute to flaking. I put Eclipse behind conservation clear (UV)
> glass and usually don't have problems.
> 
> Btw, I didn't mean to give the impression that I used a LOT of Photo
> Rag, just printed a few samples and gave up. My flaking experiences
> were much more with William Turner...but still both papers are made by
> same company, and my photo Rag samples had flaking.
> 
> > > I've been thinking of doing some b&w prints with small areas
> > of spot
> > > color added which IP5 folks tell me is possible IF I run IP5 to
> > print
> > > RGB.
> >
> > It will work fine - you get perfectly neutral B&W prints using the
> > RGB profiles in IP, all you lose is the "toner" control.
> 
> Thank you- when buying a new printer, other's observations on how good
> it works are crucial. Esp as with IP5 included, this gets pricy for a
> desktop.
> Jim H.
> 
> >
> >  Neil Folberg
> > www.neilfolberg.com
> 
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