Digital BW, The Print

Tyler,

>...
>I can avoid flaking with careful brushing and handling, even
>occassional spotting. But if a print has large areas of smooth dark
>tones, Prag and German Etching show the brush strokes easily. William
>Turner has enough tooth to hide brush strokes. I even tried wiping
>Prag pretty hard with a smooth cloth, but you take away the coating,
>lower dmax considerably and probably unevenly. ...

(I assume "Prag" = PhotoRag.)

I've had fair luck just using air to blow the flakes & dust off of the
paper.  Even a large hand bulb (no risk of condensation) seems to do a fair
job.  I've never really done a controlled comparison of air v. brush v.
wiping, but I like the idea of not touching the surfaces at all.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com