Digital BW, The Print

Thanks about the dust vs flaking thing. Certainly
heartbreaking when it happens on a print just as you
are delivering it to someone.

I have been playing with Museum Digital too. No flakes
(or dust -- I need to try the air trick tonight). It
is a lighter weight paper than Entrada and it doesn't
have as much yellow in the paper tone. For some images
it has worked really well. Some of my floral stuff
just glows on the MD paper and the blacks are solid. I
wonder what Paul doesn't like about it? 

I still say try the Condor Natural too. 

Guy
--- Djon <westsidemaurice@...> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 


		
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