Digital BW, The Print

I have been printing a lot on Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper (S041405)
at 8.5"x11".

I want to create an album of these prints.

What are the best options?

In office supply stores, there are transparent "plastic" sleeves, with a
3-hole punched rib along one side.  This could be ideal; except, I
wonder whether or not the print side will eventually stick to the inside
of the sleeves, and destroy the prints.

What do you think?

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Personally, I am not a fan of these plastic sleeve arrangments. Not 
enough space around the image and the plastic degrades the production 
quality. I much prefer a nice white(ish) acid free dry-mount large 
enough to allow plenty of space around the image.

Hi,
I use 'Colby' folders and sleeves made of archival polypropylene - but they really hit the dmax and colour saturation badly - you have to take the pictures out of the sleeves to really see what they look like.

However, polyester sleeves are very clear and, if you can afford them, really show off your work well.

I don't know however, how they fare with sticking to lustre papers.

Not much help, perhaps, but I thought I should let you know what I've found.

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Dry mounting is the best option, followed by a protective
sleeve distributed by Clearbags, where the archival sleeve
fits the mounted image.

If you encase a mounted image in a plastic sleeve, or
any other suspect material, you are doing a disservice to
your finished work, where the chemicals in the plastic
material will jump to your image, and the inherent supply
of chemicals within the plastic material will eventually destroy
your finished work.

The manufacturer of these archival sleeves has the best solution.

Look for Clearbags on the net...

jim k




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(newbie question) Is dry mounting putting it in a mat?
Debbi

>Dry mounting is the best option, followed by a protective
>sleeve distributed by Clearbags, where the archival sleeve
>fits the mounted image.
>
>If you encase a mounted image in a plastic sleeve, or
>any other suspect material, you are doing a disservice to
>your finished work, where the chemicals in the plastic
>material will jump to your image, and the inherent supply
>of chemicals within the plastic material will eventually destroy
>your finished work.
>
>The manufacturer of these archival sleeves has the best solution.
>
>Look for Clearbags on the net...
>
>jim k
>

dry mounting is a process which attaches the image to a matt board using heat and a special treated sheet of "glue".  Then one can put a window over the mounted piece creating protection within a frame.
   
  ann

Debbi <corkie@...> wrote:
          (newbie question) Is dry mounting putting it in a mat?
Debbi

>Dry mounting is the best option, followed by a protective
>sleeve distributed by Clearbags, where the archival sleeve
>fits the mounted image.
>
>If you encase a mounted image in a plastic sleeve, or
>any other suspect material, you are doing a disservice to
>your finished work, where the chemicals in the plastic
>material will jump to your image, and the inherent supply
>of chemicals within the plastic material will eventually destroy
>your finished work.
>
>The manufacturer of these archival sleeves has the best solution.
>
>Look for Clearbags on the net...
>
>jim k
>


         

       
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Do most of you do this process yourself or have it done?
(Thanks Ann)

Debbi

>dry mounting is a process which attaches the image to a matt board 
>using heat and a special treated sheet of "glue".  Then one can put 
>a window over the mounted piece creating protection within a frame.
>   
>   ann
>
>Debbi <corkie@...> wrote:
>           (newbie question) Is dry mounting putting it in a mat?
>Debbi
>
>>Dry mounting is the best option, followed by a protective
>>sleeve distributed by Clearbags, where the archival sleeve
>>fits the mounted image.
>>
>>If you encase a mounted image in a plastic sleeve, or
>>any other suspect material, you are doing a disservice to
>>your finished work, where the chemicals in the plastic
>>material will jump to your image, and the inherent supply
>>of chemicals within the plastic material will eventually destroy
>>your finished work.
>>
>>The manufacturer of these archival sleeves has the best solution.
>>
>>Look for Clearbags on the net...
>>
>  >jim k
>>

Debbi, when I first suggested dry mounting I just meant the old style 
archival photo albums that have black or white pages. Apart from 
some  type of tissue paper between the pages to prevent facing photos 
sticking together, the image is not viewed through any covering and 
thus can be seen in all its glory. 

The term dry-mount refers to the fact that the photo is attached to 
the page using some form of dry (and detachable) adhesion. I either 
use corners (which can look rather good) or a removable adhesive 
patch called "Magic Dots". 

An image presented in this way in a good quality album with plenty of 
space surrounding it, while not quite as good as matt-mounted, does 
present the image well.

Hope that makes sense.

regards

Alistair

>
> (newbie question) Is dry mounting putting it in a mat?
> Debbi

Yes, I understand, I didn't mean to hijack this thread from helices. 
I though they were asking a good way to store away images, yet an 
easy way to view them (an album). I was also considering the 
transparent sleeves, now I will contact clearbags as mentioned by 
someone.

>Debbi, when I first suggested dry mounting I just meant the old style
>archival photo albums that have black or white pages. Apart from
>some  type of tissue paper between the pages to prevent facing photos
>sticking together, the image is not viewed through any covering and
>thus can be seen in all its glory.
>
>The term dry-mount refers to the fact that the photo is attached to
>the page using some form of dry (and detachable) adhesion. I either
>use corners (which can look rather good) or a removable adhesive
>patch called "Magic Dots".
>
>An image presented in this way in a good quality album with plenty of
>space surrounding it, while not quite as good as matt-mounted, does
>present the image well.
>
>Hope that makes sense.
>
>regards
>
>Alistair
>>
>>  (newbie question) Is dry mounting putting it in a mat?
>  > Debbi
>

Debbi,
  i do it myself as i have the equipment, but you can have it done at almost anyplace that does framing.
   
  ann

Debbi <corkie@...> wrote:
          Do most of you do this process yourself or have it done?
(Thanks Ann)

Debbi

>dry mounting is a process which attaches the image to a matt board 
>using heat and a special treated sheet of "glue". Then one can put 
>a window over the mounted piece creating protection within a frame.
> 
> ann
>
>Debbi <corkie@...> wrote:
> (newbie question) Is dry mounting putting it in a mat?
>Debbi
>
>>Dry mounting is the best option, followed by a protective
>>sleeve distributed by Clearbags, where the archival sleeve
>>fits the mounted image.
>>
>>If you encase a mounted image in a plastic sleeve, or
>>any other suspect material, you are doing a disservice to
>>your finished work, where the chemicals in the plastic
>>material will jump to your image, and the inherent supply
>>of chemicals within the plastic material will eventually destroy
>>your finished work.
>>
>>The manufacturer of these archival sleeves has the best solution.
>>
>>Look for Clearbags on the net...
>>
> >jim k
>>


         

       
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