Digital BW, The Print

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> Thanks for the tip.  Someone else said that brushing is more effective
> than a soft cloth wipe. 
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> Regards,
> Clayton
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I use a soft drafting brush, and I brush with it pretty thoroughly.  
Maybe it helps; I don't know, because it does not eliminate the 
problem.  I've said this before, but I have never seen a physical 
flake, so I've wondered if the problem isn't more of a surface tension 
mismatch between ink and paper such that the ink pulls apart from 
itself, like a bubble breaking, leaving a white spot of paper.  I say 
this because I have left the print exactly where it was after it 
printed, and examined it thoroughly immediately after it printed.  No 
spots.  An hour or two later- a spot.  No handling of the print 
whatsoever, no evidence of a flake or anything loose.

This problem was what caused me to stop using my alltime favorite 
paper, Riviera (Torchon).  Best reds, ever.  But worst spots, too.

James


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