Digital BW, The Print

My limited experience, because I don't print much, Sarah, suggests  
you are looking in the right places. If you go to enough trouble and  
buy in large quantities, I expect you can get lower unit prices. But  
you can also end up not using the supplies up before you're ready to  
try something else. Also, Light Impressions does, I believe, still  
have sales once or twice a year when there are discounts you can get  
if you're on their lists and alert to their marketing.

As to what's necessary, I try to keep in stock the tissue, mats,  
plastic sleeves, storage boxes, and framing supplies, but just a  
little, by volume, of each. Even on a limited budget, I've found that  
it's easy to accumulate more than I can comfortably live with, and I  
start to feel as if both the images and I are hostage to the materials.
--
Sam


On Dec 20, 2006, at 8:35 AM, sagaface wrote:

> Do you all layer your prints with buffered tissue? I know this is  
> de riguer with traditional
> darkroom photographs but I wonder what you all use to protect your  
> matte digital prints?
> What's truly necessary? I'm starting to think about better storage  
> for my work and have
> perused Light Impressions (and University Products...thanks,  
> Stephen), but the cost for
> some of these products will really add up and I want to be sure I  
> am looking at the right
> things.
>
> Please excuse me if this topic is annoyingly redundant. I looked in  
> the archives and
> coulnd't seem to plug in the magic key words to find what I was  
> looking for.
>
>
> Thank you!
> Sarah