Digital BW, The Print

Saldelrey wrote of problems with Entrada flaking. I've mentioned my problems 
before with Kayenta, but I've also had problems with Entrada. I've purchased 
4 boxes of Moab paper (all at different times) and they all suffered from 
surface "defects" in one way or another. I've actually produced several 
small books with Kayenta, but physically rubbed the sheets down with an old 
t-shirt then used an anti-static brush. But afterwards decided that I would 
no longer purchase Moab matte papers, just too much work. I've been hearing 
this stuff about defective batches for months now on this forum, and it 
looks like people are still getting that excuse.

All that said, my first piece to be displayed in a gallery went up 
yesterday. Guess what it was printed on? Yup, Entrada. The print came out 
looking pretty nice, but the next day there was a white spot on it. After 
cursing a bit I finally decided to fix it, as opposed to re-printing since 
time was running short before the exhibition. I dipped a toothpick into my 
UC matte black ink cartridge, and carefully dabbed it on the spot. Once it 
was covered over only I would be able to find the defect.

So if you're wondering why I printed something for exhibition on a paper 
that I've decided is problematical there are a few of reasons. 1. I thought 
it would look good on that cream colored paper (it did). 2. I have a box of 
13x19 entrada lying around that cost me a decent piece of change that needs 
to get used up some way. 3. This was originally printed for home use, I 
found out about it being accepted for display the next day after the print 
was made.

Derek