Digital BW, The Print

I am puzzled by the degree of concern over surface protection.  Personally I
hate the thought of having to hide prints behind glass (let alone the cost
of doing so).  If Print Shield or Print Guard can protect the image from
water and, more importantly, light I am happy.  I would not place an oil on
canvas painting behind glass.  Yes one has to be careful of physical damage
but isn¹t the normal care that is applied to a piece of art enough, ie don¹t
touch and transport with care?  (And don¹t hang them in the kitchen next to
the stove.)  Am I missing something here?

Steve


From: "Tom Andrews" <tandrews@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:39:37 -0000
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson Premier Semi-gloss, Semi-matte & PremierArt
Print Shield

Hi Paul,

Do you think that the Premier Art Print Shield offers enough protection to a
print to 
display it without glass?  If so, how many coats of the stuff do you think
are 
necessary?  

I recently completed a custom book project where I had prints on PhotoRag
sprayed 
with the Print Shield and found that it was actually difficult to tell an
unsprayed print 
from a sprayed print, even with 3 coats.  The sprayed print seems like it
won't scuff 
quite as easily as an unsprayed print and does have some protection from
moisture, 
but still seems like a fairly vulnerable surface.  I think this would be
true for Luster 
also, which is very vulnerable to scuffing.  I would really like to sell
these prints with 
Print Shield spray and no glass but worry about their vulnerability to
physical 
damage.  Unfortunately a tougher laminate protection gives too much of a
plastic 
look for my taste.  What are your thoughts/experience on this.  Thanks,

Tom Andrews
http://www.wildlandart.com


> I've now sprayed the Epson Premium papers - Luster, Gloss, Semi-matt, &
> Semi-gloss - with PremierArt Print Shield.
> 
> Paul
> 
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>






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