Digital BW, The Print

Guy, once I saw that loose paper dust was the issue the frequently
suggested brush/microfiber method (Moab's idea?) never made as much
sense to me as compressed air. 

When I first saw the problem it did appear to be "flaking." Then a
Moab person was quoted as saying the paper should have been vacuumed
after cutting and before packaging. 

I initially printed on top of loose detritis...then it fell off
leaving white spots...not seem the same as a fragile surface that
"flakes."  

I'm abusing an old Entrada Natural/Ultrachrome 300gsm test print right
now...it's only being damaged by extreme abuse (eg thumbnail
gouging/scraping). It shows no abrasion from living for several months
in a casually handled stack of rejects. I also notice that it doesn't
run when wet (this is OEM pigment, inks may be more soluble).

I'm looking at alternatives only to see if I prefer the look of other
papers. 

One Entrada-like alternative is inkjetart.com's Museum Digital. I want
to sample several others.


 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, guy washburn
<guido02474@y...> wrote:
> Hmmm... I have had lots of flakes with Entrada even
> after brushing/rubbing with a microfiber cloth.
> Haven't tried air but nearly everything else.
>