Digital BW, The Print

Paul: I use a Seal dry-mount press to mount inkjet prints with no problems.
See Ansel Adams' book "The Print" for the correct procedure, especially the
part about using layers of _dry_ museum board and low-temp mounting tissue.
Incidentally, the mount board and the overmatte are typically not bonded
with dry-mount tissue.  Rather, they are hinged with linen tape, Tyvek or
similar tape.

I like your comment about a right combination for every print.  I've always
followed a rigid formula for matting and framing.  Today I went in a gallery
that handles some of my stuff, to buy a birthday present for my wife, and
saw the owner had matted and framed some small prints with a black (almost
black) over-matte.  My first thought was whether the law would say I was at
fault for the killing.  I've always thought that dark (or dismal gray, such
as matte board made with pulp), soaks up light, whereas you want the
illusion of radiating light.  But I'll have to admit, for these photos
(infrared with a "platinum" tone) the effect was pretty good.  Always
something new to learn.

Regards,

  --Ken Carney
    www.kencarney.com  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul W. Antrim [mailto:pantrim@...] 
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 5:57 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Frame size and matting
> 
> "Salons" usually don't look at much of anything under 11X14. 
> If "keeping the judges happy" isn't one of your criteria for 
> matt size, I like an concept that seems to work for me: for 
> every image, there's a print size, mount size and mount 
> color. Experiment to find the right one; one of the prints 
> I've been happiest with is 8"X20", flush mounted.
> 
> QUESTION: in silver photography, prints are affixed to a 
> mounting board backing using an archival dry mount tissue and 
> a press. Both the cover
> (window) board and the backing are archival, and the two are 
> held together with more dry mount tissue pieces. What is the 
> usual practice for digital prints? I'm interested in both 
> inks and pigments.
> 
> Thanks, folks.