Digital BW, The Print

> A couple of questions. Did you try the small white foam rollers? I
> have some but never got around to using them.


No, these are pink and have fibers (1/4").  I tried foam brushes a while
back and didn't like them.

> Any comments on the dust-in-the-coating problem when using the hair
> drier?

The hair dryer was great.  I just coated a couple more prints just a few
minutes ago.  About 20sec on a 5x7 and its ready for the next coat.  No dust
significant dust problems...but you need to hang onto the prints.
 
> I do feel that if you know you are going to coat a print you will
> need to print it lighter. I put a BRightness/Contrast layer on the
> top of the image to control this. Depending upon the paper I believe
> a -10% to - 30% Brightness might be called for. A curve would be a
> better choice so that Dmax is not effected but will take a bit more
> work. If you are sticking to one or two papers then it would be very
> worthwhile to work this out for those papers.

I agree...but interestingly I only have problems with the Hahnemuhle papers.
I don't need to do a thing to Museo prints...but they do need a Piezo
profile (I'm using Orwell).  The thicker Museo (355g) is an incredible
coating paper.  I love this paper with color piezo.  I also think the lack
of brighteners is a real plus for this paper vs. some of the competition
(Eclipse and Photo Rag).

Robert

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