Digital BW, The Print

THAT is an excellent point!  I hadn't even thought of that.  Thanks. 

==-----Original Message-----
==From: B. Ellis [mailto:bellis60@...] 
==
==There can be a good reason, though maybe a little picky, for 
==leaving some of the paper showing between the edge of the 
==overmat and the beginning of the image. When the print is is 
==exhbited in a gallery with ceiling lights angled down at the 
==prints the edge of the overmat will sometimes cast a shadow. 
==The shadow may appear on the top of the image if the image is 
==printed to the edge of the overmat. By leaving space  between 
==the edge of the overmat and the beginning of the image the 
==shadow, if one is there, will (hopefully) be cast on the 
==space rather than on the image.