Digital BW, The Print

Peter Nelson wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" 
> <dfaprinting@...> wrote:
> 
>>The flaking comes mostly from sheet papers. All the extra cutting 
> 
> must 
> 
>>kick up a lot of dust. To minimize the flakes, brush the sheets off 
>>before you print on them.
> 
> 
> Oh.  Maybe I don't understand the problem.   I thought the flakes are 
> the coating coming off the paper.  Like you print on a spot but then 
> the spot of coating you just printed on falls off along with the ink 
> you just printed, leaving just a white hole.
> 
> You're saying that the flakes are just left over from the manufacturing 
> process but the coating that's on the paper is solidly adhered to 
> it.     Can someone confirm this?   Because if that's the case i'm not 
> as worried.   Thanks in advance!
> 

Peter;
It can be both, but generally when speaking of Hahnemuhle, it's small 
specks of the coating that are coming off.

This is not as big a problem as it sounds. As mentioned above brushing 
each sheet eliminates the flaking. The times it doesn't, I just touch-up 
with UC I've stored away in jars.

Hope this helps.

-PC


Carr Imaging
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