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Re: [Digital BW] Paper Grain Direction

2007-09-18 by Richard Smallfield

At 10:04 AM Tuesday 9/18/2007, you wrote:
>There are probably an exception to this somewhere, but the grain on roll paper should run the length, not the width, of the roll. Be careful using roll paper for book project, though; you'll have to deal with the paper curl.

I've found that, after being flat for about a week once cut from the roll, that PremierArt Matte BW is quite flat. It's 210gsm so the weight might be ok ... or a bit heavy for a book?

Richard

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