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Re: [Digital BW] Paper Grain Direction

2007-09-18 by Ernst Dinkla

esharamaki wrote:
> I've been taking a couple bookbinding classes that have been great 
> fun.  I'd like to put together a couple photobooks with what I've 
> learned.
> 
> My question is on roll paper, does the grain direction run the length 
> of the roll or across it?  Is this too simple of a question and the 
> answer varies from roll to roll, mfg to mfg?

With roll lengths of more than 17 feet it is more or less 
impossible that the grain isn't lengthwise. Below 17 feet it 
is also unlikely to happen. With sheets you never know which 
direction.. They should add that information on the box for 
more reasons than just bookbinding. But you must have 
learned how to find the grain direction.


-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst


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