I haven't a clue. I'd start with Epson tech support
<http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportContacts.jsp>
Chuck Norcutt
Bob Whitmire 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
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