Digital BW, The Print

Can you dry mount Ink Prints or will I make a mess of my prints and 
my press?
Many thanks to everyone who had so graciously taken the time to 
answer my questions.  I really appreciate it.  Please forgive me if I 
forgot to thank you personally.
Yaakov Asher Sinclair

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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "yaakovsinclair" 
<sinclair@a...> wrote:
> Can you dry mount Ink Prints or will I make a mess of my prints 
and 
> my press?
> Many thanks to everyone who had so graciously taken the time to 
> answer my questions.  I really appreciate it.  Please forgive me 
if I 
> forgot to thank you personally.
> Yaakov Asher Sinclair


I have dry mounted many prints from both an Epson 2000p using Epson 
std inks, an Epson 1200 using Piezography inks, and an Epson 7600 
with Ultrachrome inks, on matte, semigloss, and glossy paper, and 
have never had any trouble with it.  I do use a release paper over 
all my prints when dry mounting.

Yaakov, I dry mount my larger prints (larger than 12x18) because I've found large prints 
will not lie flat.  For smaller prints I prefer hinge mounting.  I use a Seal 210 and 
BufferMount tissue that only requires a relatively low temperature (around 170F) and 
actually bonds when it cools.  That also makes it removeable if necessary (although I've 
never tried that and hope I never have to).

Angelo



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "yaakovsinclair" <sinclair@a...> 
wrote:

> Can you dry mount Ink Prints or will I make a mess of my prints and 
> my press?
> Many thanks to everyone who had so graciously taken the time to 
> answer my questions.  I really appreciate it.  Please forgive me if I 
> forgot to thank you personally.
> Yaakov Asher Sinclair

Since I started using the heavier papers such as Photo Rag, I've pretty much
discontinued dry mounting for inkjet (dry mounting works fine with inkjet
prints, by the way  -- just use a layer of museum board over the surface, as
you would do dry mounting a silver print).  With Photo Rag I can use the
Light Impressions photo corners directly on archival foam board, instead of
dry-mounting on museum board, cut a window matt and I'm done in just a few
minutes and the print is ready to frame.  I don't print very large, about
10x15" or so image size, and at that size the paper lies very flat.

Regards,

  --Ken Carney
    www.kencarney.com  

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> Can you dry mount Ink Prints or will I make a mess of my 
> prints and my press?
> Many thanks to everyone who had so graciously taken the time 
> to answer my questions.  I really appreciate it.  Please 
> forgive me if I forgot to thank you personally.
> Yaakov Asher Sinclair
> 
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "yaakovsinclair"
<sinclair@a...> wrote:
> Can you dry mount Ink Prints or will I make a mess of my prints and 
> my press?
> Many thanks to everyone who had so graciously taken the time to 
> answer my questions.  I really appreciate it.  Please forgive me if
I 
> forgot to thank you personally.
> Yaakov Asher Sinclair

You can dry mount inkjet prints but you have to be careful with the
temperature and/or use cover sheets as others have mentioned. It is
definitely not a conservation method since it cannot be undone without
damage to the print. As long as I am framing with a mat I hinge mount.
I recently did some research on mounting techniques for a newsletter:

http://www.framedestination.com/newsletter_01.html#mounting

Mark Rogers
Frame Destination, Inc.

>  As long as I am framing with a mat I hinge mount.
>

I mounted with archival cotton hinges once, but the outline of the 
hinge was noticable through the paper.  Maybe I used too heavy a hinge, 
or got it too moist or something.

James


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, James Irelan 
> I mounted with archival cotton hinges once, but the outline of the 
> hinge was noticable through the paper.  Maybe I used too heavy a hinge, 
> or got it too moist or something.
> 
> James

Interesting, I have not heard about that problem before. Since my
photographs are not exactly priceless works of art, I do not use the
wheat or rice starch adhesives. Instead, I use Lineco
(http://www.lineco.com) Self Adhesive tissue. It is just like using
regular tape except you have to peal a backing off. It is
acid/lignin-free and very convenient. I have been thinking about
offering it is an accessory for my frames.

Mark Rogers
http://www.framedestination.com

>
>
> Interesting, I have not heard about that problem before.

Well, I'm very talented.

> Since my
> photographs are not exactly priceless works of art, I do not use the
> wheat or rice starch adhesives. Instead, I use Lineco
> (http://www.lineco.com) Self Adhesive tissue.

This was also Lineco, but it was the gummed linen tape.  You peel off a 
backing, but then you have to wet it.  I'll have to look for the Self 
Adhesive.  The Darkroom Gloss paper I'm using now, while not as heavy 
as some of the matte papers, is nevertheless nicely stiff, and would 
probably be a good candidate for that kind of mounting, although I 
haven't printed on anything larger than A3 yet.
>
> James

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