Bob wrote
>
> Okay, so for a month now I've been locked in hand-to-hand combat with
> Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper. It's a mother-beautiful paper, but
> finicky as hell, at least from my point of view. I have spots. They won't
> be on the print when it comes out of the printer. They won't be on the
> print when it sits outgassing under a sheet of sketch paper. They won't
> be on the print when it's slipped into the mat. But when the glass goes
> on and I hold up the print for final inspection before sealing the frame,
> THERE THEY ARE!!!!!!
>
> And they won't brush off. (I say they, but sometimes it's only one.)
> Which leads me to believe they're tiny flecks in the paper which have
> come off revealing the white beneath, and thus there's nothing to brush
> off. Now, the tricky part is that they are virtually invisible from any
> viewing distance greater than the length of this photographer's nose
> (which some might say is a prodigious distance. <g>)
>
> Those of you who regularly do exhibition prints. How anal are you
> about tiny spots on your prints under glass? My wife tells me that if
> they are not visible from the proper viewing distance, they are not
> visible. But somehow I can't buy that. If I can see them, they aren't
> supposed to be there. Currently, I've got an 8x20-inch print that's on
> its fourth run because of spotting. One one of them, the first one, I saw
> the spot right off. On the subsequent two, I brushed the paper before
> putting in printer. The spots were not there until the print was in the
> frame.
>
> On the fourth, I've tried Premier Art's spray, thinking it might help
> keep those flecks of inked paper in place. But I won't know until I try
> to frame it up again tomorrow or the next day.
>
> Did I mention each one of those sheets cost a gooch less than $4?
>
> So, Chris, Ken, Chuck et alia, any good dust stories, and
> remedies . . . ?
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bobwhitmire.com
Bob, have you tried washing the glass?
I have found that some glass is coated with oils or something which make a
real mess of a print.
Not always easy to remove.
Brian
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