Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Rick,
> 
> >I'm coming back to photography after a long break and am going 
> >digital.  Will digital prints dry mount?  I have a full-size press 
> >(Seal 210) I used to use for fiber-based darkroom prints.
> 
> Welcome home :) it's a good time to be getting back in.  Printer, 
ink
> and paper technologies have come a long way over the past few years.
> 
> Ink prints will dry mount, but IMO there is no longer any need to do
> it.  The main reason for doing it, wrinkled or wavy emulsion papers,
> is no longer an issue.  If you want the floating mount look, it can 
be
> emulated by leaving a 1" or greater border around the image and
> cutting the window mat big enough to leave a "reveal" area around 
the
> image.  This has the advantage of keeping a signature, title, print 
#,
> etc, on the image paper instead of the mount board.  As a bonus,
> mounting/matting time and labor is greatly reduced.  It's great.  
You
> couldn't pay me enough to go back to dry mounting (well, few could
> afford to pay me enough <g>).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
>
OK, thanks for everyone's thoughts on this.  There is just something 
I still miss about a fine BW fiber based darkroom print drymount and 
sitting on top of the board.  But I suppose those days have gone the 
way of the dinosaur.  Best.