Digital BW, The Print

Steve-

Sorry, I just saw this.  No I am not able to "accomplish" anything 
like that.  The ink seems almost integral with the paper.  I do print 
with some reveal from the paper itself, so the ink is not to the 
edge.  I tried cutting a print so that I had ink to the edge and 
still found nothing like what you describe.

Best,
Walt



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale" 
<stevekale@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding, but what if you scratch from the 
edge of the print?   
> Does the entire ink lift off the paper?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets" 
<odets@> wrote:
> >
> > Steve-
> > 
> > For the Harman paper, about 12 hours after printing, the darker 
inked 
> > areas of a print will leave very visible dull marks if scratched 
by a 
> > fingernail, about like a smooth matte paper.  When cured for 48 
hours 
> > the ink becomes harder and leaves much less, but still visible, 
> > marking. Lighter areas of the print are less sensitive. So this 
is 
> > better than any smooth matte paper I've used, but certainly not 
up to 
> > gelatin standards.  These marks are a dulling of ink the surface, 
not 
> > a removal of the ink--the ink seems very well bonded to the 
surface.  
> > The Epson paper is a much harder surface and the texture of the 
> > surface makes it much harder to see any marks.  As with the matte 
> > papers, the smooother the surface, the more prominent any 
damage.  
> > The Epson Exhibition is a pretty tough paper.  These comments 
apply 
> > to K3 inks with MIS warm carbon in the yellow position.
> > 
> > This seems acceptable performance to me.  I don't consider such 
> > scratching with a fingernail normal handling of a print, but it 
would 
> > be nicer if it were more durable.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Walt
> >
>