Digital BW, The Print

You know Museo is a kind of secret weapon. I keep standardising on PR and
WR, but everytime I'm having trouble making a print work, Museo wins. PR and
WR are big hitters. But sometimes a print that doesn't have the big blacks
really 'speaks' with Museo. I'm printing up some stuff from yesterday. We
are having bad storms here (80mph winds, rain, floods etc) th elight was
shit yesterday but |I went down to the beach anyway. I took a load of shots
with the rolleiflex where I was chasing the waves back as they retreated to
try and get the flotsam and sparkle of the foam on the sand (and then
runninglike crazy as they came in again), dull day, loads of grey didn't
really work on PR but they do on Museo.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...>
To: "DigitalB&WPrint" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 19th Century Varnished Prints and Other
Observations


> Harvey,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >... I must take issue with the 'acid pen' and the 'buffered' papers ...
>
> >I still maintain that buffering has, so far, shown itself to be
detrimental
> >to inkjet inks and also, that if
> >the paper has an acid component (using wood pulp instead of cotton, or
> >'rag' fibers')  the buffering agents
> >will be overwhelmed in the long run and self destruct.
>
> I think I agree with this.  From what I've heard buffering has a negative
> impact on image permanence -- which may not correlate with paper
permanence,
> of course.  Also, I think the fact that the newspaper I get tests as
> non-acid with the pen and yet self-destructs very quickly shows that cheap
> buffering can fool the pens (and government regulations, perhaps) while
not
> solving the problems.
>
> However, I also seem to remember reading that wood pulp can be used to
make
> good paper if the lignin is removed.  Apparently that is the acid reserve
in
> cheap, wood-based paper.  The process by which the paper is made also
> appears to be critical.
>
> So, the question for mass-market (read inexpensive) paper might be whether
a
> lignin-free, wood-pulp paper without buffering can be stable.  My reading
> indicates that is what Epson tried to do with "Archival matte."  Of
course,
> that fact that they are changing the name may indicate that their latest
> research indicates the paper is not archival.  (The legal department must
> have been pulled into the issue only after the marketing department came
up
> with the EAM name.)
>
> >It is my feeling that if one wants long term stability
> >(like on the old photos) one should use rag papers,
> >which have slight amounts of buffering agents in them...hopefully enough
to
> >neutralize acid atmosphere over time, ...
>
> I think I'm going to start using EAM for display prints only (where image
> permanence is primary) and Museo for the old photo reproductions (where
long
> term dark storage is the issue).
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
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