Digital BW, The Print

mccormick.mark59 wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...> wrote:
>> If I do 
>> not trust a paper that hasn't been tested somewhere else I 
>> hang half a print in a glass window facing east. That place 
>> is hardly heated and humidity is usually above 50%.
> 
> Artists' window tests where prints are taped to a window have a lot of infrared (IR) energy 
> exposure that doesn't occur at locations further into the interior of the building. I have 
> measured print surface temperatures as high as 54 degrees centigrade (130 deg. F) under 
> those conditions so desiccation is still very strong even though the print is indoors.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mark
> http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com
> 
> 
Mark,

It isn't a scientific test, far from it. The windows happen 
to be at the east side so at least there's no direct sun 
exposure after 12 in the morning. But you are right, the 
sample will be too dry in general.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst


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