Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "awahlster" <awahlster@a...> wrote:
>  
> Well, As the story continues our young hero discovers the problem with
> the amazingly cheap and pretty KirkLand Photo paper is in fact THE
> PAPER I know this is totally shocking but the evidence is over
> wellming (is that a word??) 
> 
> Anyway to stop being silly I tried the second package of paper
> printing from one box after the other same scanned slide done this
> morning and there is no doubt the light streak on my first prints have
> to be due to a flaw in the paper.

And, from your other posts, I gather it's the same lot number and everything.

Here's a silly suggestion. I've seen things like this before. Usually having to do with one box or batch or pile of paper having a slightly higher moisture content than the other. High moisture contents (like we use to keep our epsons from clogging) are death on most papers. Softens the surface, and you get exactly the problems you're seeing. I bet if you dry the paper a bit (and yes, a blow dryer will work, if you do it sheet by sheet. You'll know when you've overdried) these problems will go away.

You might have a box that was at the top or bottom of the pile on the pallet in the cold, damp warehouse for long enough to build up some moisture content.

Or this theory might be totally off base.