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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Signing and Matting

Re: [Digital BW] Re: Signing and Matting

2005-02-25 by Alan Zimmerman

Jesse, I have started printing my own fine art photos with a 7600, and have pondered mounting techniques. Which type of dry mount do you use, thermal or cold press adhesive sheets. In either case, do you use a protective spray such as Premier Art Spray before mounting, or after?
Alan
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: djmay6782 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:31 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Signing and Matting



  I mount exactly this way.  The matt window is .5 inches larger on the 
  top and sides of the trimmed dry-mounted print and 1.25 inches larger 
  on the bottom to accommodate the signature.  It is worth the care 
  taken for precision, to me.

  I just sent two sets of a collection mounted and matted this way to 
  France.

  As far as "being out of favor", like so many things it depends on 
  context.  Prints mounted this way are highly resistant to damage from 
  handling.  The mount board is integral to the print, i.e., as if the 
  emulsion were on the mount board.

  Jesse

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
  <cj@c...> wrote:
  > 
  > During my wet print years I trimmed and dry-mounted on 4-ply matt
  > board, signed just under the bottom of the print, and made the 
  window
  > matt bigger than the print so the signature could show.  This is
  > usually called a floating matt or floating mount, or something like
  > that.  It looks real nice but requires a lot of precision and is
  > tedious and very time consuming.
  > 
  > 





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[Digital BW] Re: Signing and Matting

2005-02-25 by djmay6782

Alan,

I realized after I pressed send that I probably wasn't precise 
enough.  I have only dry-mounted darkroom-produced prints.  

I use a Seal press (hot) and ColorMount tissue.  ColorMount is the 
low-temperature tissue.

Although, I haven't done it, I would not envision this method to be a 
problem with inkjet prints, providing the ink has dried completely.

I'll test it. 

Jesse

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Zimmerman" 
<azimmerman1@c...> wrote:
> Jesse, I have started printing my own fine art photos with a 7600, 
and have pondered mounting techniques. Which type of dry mount do you 
use, thermal or cold press adhesive sheets. In either case, do you 
use a protective spray such as Premier Art Spray before mounting, or 
after?
> Alan

Re: [Digital BW] Re: Signing and Matting

2005-02-25 by James Irelan

On Feb 25, 2005, at 3:32 PM, djmay6782 wrote:

>
>  Alan,
>
>  I realized after I pressed send that I probably wasn't precise
>  enough.  I have only dry-mounted darkroom-produced prints. 
>
>  I use a Seal press (hot) and ColorMount tissue.  ColorMount is the
>  low-temperature tissue.
>
>  Although, I haven't done it, I would not envision this method to be a
>  problem with inkjet prints, providing the ink has dried completely.
>
>  I'll test it.
>
>  Jesse


It's not a problem.  I have a Seal press and MT5, and I've mounted many 
many prints on a number of papers using probably 5 different inksets by 
now with no problem whatsoever that I can see. With the exception of 
Lyson's Darkroom Gloss, all the papers were matte, though, because I 
don't like plastic paper, so I can't speak for glossy/RC type papers.

James Irelan

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