Digital BW, The Print

fwiw I continue to doubt flaking actually is a problem. I think
flaking results from printing over dust. Dust comes from the
environment AND especially from the edges of paper, the result of
cutting. Some papers are more dusty because some companies were less
careful than others when cutting. 

T-shirt isn't going to damage the surface if you use it with
restraint. Just brush with a loosely bunched-up shirt, don't rub. If
the paper's damaged by that you probably don't want to use it.

I first learned this directly from Moab's earliest online explanation
for mistaken allegations about Entrada and flakes. That wasn't
flaking, that was the result of packaging error...they didn't vacuum
the sheets after cutting.

Presumably roll paper cutters cause flakes. 



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard
Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm just wondering - do people find that brushing matte rag papers
too vigorously can actually *cause* flake?
> 
> I always brush, blow and inspect before printing - but it's not a
failsafe method.
> 
> thanks,
> Richard
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