Digital BW, The Print

on 10/16/01 12:06 AM, Robert Morrison wrote:

> If you were able to get equivalent fade from a non-coated print behind glass
> and a coated print with no glass...would you coat and not use glass...or
> would you want to improve the lightfastness by coating and using glass?
> 
> Any opinions?
> 
> Robert


I think it really depends on the quality of the coatings/coator. I was
really gung-ho on the coating concept, but none of my tests, nor those I saw
from others, convinced me that the benefits to dmax, which were mighty,
outweighed the detriment from brushmarks, reflections, and the unfortunate
reminiscence of photographs on treated canvass, which to my taste... well,
I'll leave it at that.

It's really the kind of thing that you can't know if you'll like it until
you see it, and it really varies by paper, as you well know.

If hung without glass, would you coat the mat board as well? Dust could be a
nuisance; how would you dust the surface of the print and mat board?