Digital BW, The Print

There have already been many good responses, but I will throw in my
two cents. Corners are convienent if you want to quickly swap prints.
Avoid PVC corners. Lineco's archival mounting corners are excellent
and if you are really worried about it lasting their Mylar corners are
the best but cost twice as much. They also have corners with cutouts
in them for prints with smaller borders.

Personally, I just use Lineco hinging tissue and attach the print to
the back of the mat. Then I don't need to bother with hinging the mat
to the backing board. Lineco makes several different versions. If you
are concerned about changing it out, or concered about conseravation
then you should use their "gummed" hinging paper or tape which is
water reversible. Don't bother with this for dye based inkjet prints
since they are not archival prints and water is very harmful to them.
For my work I generaly use their acid free self adhesive hinging
products since they do not require water atcivation. 

I have more info about mounting techniques with some pictures on my
company website under picture framing info:
http://framedestination.com/picture_frame_info.html
My company also carries the Lineco products and tries to ship same day
or 1-2 days if the order includes mats or frames. If you request
overnight or 2nd day air shipping we often do same day even on mat and
frame orders.

Cheers,

Mark 
President
Frame Destination, Inc.
http://www.framedestination.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "grue1970"
<grue1970@...> wrote:
>
> hi, i'm new here. it seems to me that the best way to archive frame an
> inkjet print is to use those little plastic corners that self-stick to
> a mounting board. is that right?
> 
> if so, the next thing is, i should be leaving at least a 1" border of
> paper around my print so that the corners don't come in contact with
> the printed ink. am i doing well so far?
> 
> now basically when assembling a frame, matt and mounting board, these
> things are just sandwiched together without any special gluing or
sealing?
> 
> final question - what size corners does one use for 13x19 paper?
> 
> thanks
> -steve
>