Digital BW, The Print

I don't spray, others do. I take great care with the handling and
storage of the prints, far more than was necessary for darkroom
materials, and rarely have problems. For certain projects, if I had a
facility where spraying would be environmentally safer, and healthier,
I might do it. 
I never ever mount any of these prints. I don't trust any of the
adhesives and have seen a lot of ruined prints from the hungry
coatings drawing in adhesive outgasses and yellowing. I've use photo
corners or filmoplast tape hinges or corners.
Alsway imediately put your prints, matted or not, into clear bags, or
use a slick interleaving, so that nothing with any possiblew scuffing
ability can touch it, Never touch the image surface of any of these
prints.
Always pre-brush the matte papers before printing, NEVER touch the
print surface of the photo surface papers before printing.
If you spray, try the Lascaux, John Dean is the after-treatment expert
so maybe he'll chime in.
Tyler
http://www.custom-digital.com/

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Chandler
<over40_98@...> wrote:
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> I have a quaesion for the group:  I just printed some beautiful
pictures on MOAB LASAL Matte paper on my Epson 2400 and I am quite
delighted with the results.  My question is, do I have to use some
sort of spray coating to protect the prints?  I plan to mat and mount
the prints.
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> Joe Chandler 
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> --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Tyler Boley <tyler@...> wrote:
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> From: Tyler Boley <tyler@...>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Baryta Fiber Gloss Media & Monochrome
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 2:44 PM
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> John, thanks so much for the report. Can you describe the surface,
> compared to IGFS? The the base hue, is it acceptable or that blue I
> love to hate?
> Tyler
> http://www.custom- digital.com/
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com, "john dean"
> <deanwork2003@ ...> wrote:
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> > Said I would report back about the tests I did with the Hahnemuhle
> > Photorag Baryta paper on the Z3100 with gloss enhancer channel
utilized.
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> > I'm going to make this short if I can.
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> > Tested many of these.
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> > This is my workflow as it stands now.
> > Send file as grayscale, HPZ printer manages color.
> > No Icc Profile.
> > Calibrate (linearize) using the new HP Media Setting - HP Baryta Satin
> > available on their website.
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> > This new media setting apparently adds more glop because the Ilford
> > Gold Satin Fiber is now working beautifully with this media setting
> > and it showed lots of gloss differential before on everything. The
> > Hahnemuhle Photorag Baryta is also looking very very good, though more
> > expensive.
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> > There is a tad of bronzing on all of these papers with some images if
> > you are super super picky about it but ironically now the Ilford is
> > almost completely free of it and the Photorag Baryta is right behind
> > it because the texture works so well. Both have excellent textures in
> > my opinion that seperates them from Silver Rag, so they work great for
> > small as well as large prints. The print color is excellent with no
> > color inks used, or fine if toned, which I'm not inclined to do unless
> > I really need warmer results. Tonal distribution and dmax are first
> > class for these kinds of papers.
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> > This new media setting is helping here.
> > There is a lot for the manufacturers to learn about this glop to paper
> > interaction. This is a big deal.
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> > Sill looking to test the Hp Baryta Satin. Not available yet. It could
> > be perfect. We'll see. Shades Of Paper will have it soon.
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