Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mark:

Thanks for your kind words. I agree that it is very difficult to  
inspect a full roll, and it is difficult to send one back, let's say,  
if you already printed 60% of it and then find a major problem.

I also prefer to brush fine art paper in sheets away from the  
printer, and that I've found to be easier to do with sheets.

All the best,

Andrew
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Andrew Darlow
Editor, The Imaging Buffet
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Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
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On Jun 19, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Mark McCarvill wrote:

> Good article, Andrew.
>
> Another point in favor of sheets from my experience is that you can
> inspect them more easily for flaws before printing. (By `flaws' I mean
> dark specks or whatever that are engrained in the paper and can't be
> removed by brushing and air-blasting). With rolls you can do this too,
> of course, but you have to feed out the paper and it's a bit of
> hassle. And if you're using two-sided paper as I do, you can't easily
> check the under-side of a roll to see if it's better, but you can do
> so easily with a sheet.
>
> I've wasted so much time and paper on roll-paper prints that wind up
> with a black speck right in the middle of the sky!
>
> Mark
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Darlow
> <ad@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks:
> >
> > I recently wrote an article for Adorama's "100 in 100" series about
> > when to use sheets vs. rolls.
> >
> > I've found that some companies are much better than others with
> > regard to providing quality cut sheets. It is not easy for companies
> > to cut paper perfectly square, with minimal shedding and with little
> > to no curl (especially with many fine-art papers).
> >
> > The article can be found here:
> >
> > http://www.adorama.com/Catalog.tpl?op=academy_new&article=061908
> > or
> > http://tinyurl.com/4xbtww
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Andrew
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Andrew Darlow
> > Editor, The Imaging Buffet
> > http://www.imagingbuffet.com
> > Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
> > An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://
> > www.inkjettips.com
> >
> >
>







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