Digital BW, The Print

I'm not Paul Roark (by a long shot...) but here's a trick which helps 
in my studio.  During dry winter months, some heavier papers curl when 
a dark image (high ink load) dampens one side of the paper during 
printing.  In my Epson 2400, for example, this can cause the print head 
to strike the print surface and spoil things.  In dry times, I store 
troublesome paper in a "humidifier" to pre-dampen it.  Nothing fancy -- 
a plastic box with a plastic egg-crate grill from a ceiling light panel 
to support the unpackaged paper.  Under the "grill" is a cotton towel 
dampened lightly with tap water.  The process takes some hours.  
Overnight, usually.   The humid paper lays flat better and is also a 
bit more "limp" which my Epsons seem to like.

I'm printing 7x10 sheets of Red River Aurora Fine Art (a heavy matte 
paper) for Yule cards right now, and this trick helps.  I do this in 
Epson 800, 2200 and 2400.

Bill Clark

In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "James Pelton" 
<Pelton@...> wrote:
>
> Paul Roark wrote, a few months back, about a technique for getting EEM
> through a box, that he has used "slightly dampened EEM in the front 
tray".
> 
> ?!
> 
> I can see how that would help, but what are we talking about here?
> Dampened with what?
> 
> James Pelton
> 
>