Digital BW, The Print

For the most part.  Also dust from the cutting process where large rolls are
cut down to size.  Also "coatings" that are infused as part of the substrate
manufacturing process rather than being coated on afterwards are much less
likely to "flake".


> From: Peter Nelson <pnweb@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:23:25 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Choosing a paper
> 
> --- 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!