Digital BW, The Print

From:  Steve Clark

"Can you suggest a good source for the Arches Cold and Hot press
uncoated papers? (Legion?) I would imagine that you would want to
print on sheets only, no?"

Let me save you from a big headache you won't see coming.
Legion has decided that to be "helpful" to retailers, they are going to put
a big bar code sticker on every last ()*&#$)(@$  %(*&%$)  %08$#)@$)  sheet
of cold and hot press paper they sell. They also put this sticker in such a
position that no matter what size sheets you cut, it is unlikely you will be
able to cut them in a way that the excess waste contains the sticker.
These stickers are hard to remove and of course leave a permanent mark.
Legion thinks that's OK because the adhesive is "acid free".

Legion doesn't seem to "get it" that putting a sticker on these papers is an
abomination to any artist or photographer.

There are product numbers for packages of hot and cold press that don't have
these stickers, but I don't recall what they are.
Anyway, the short way around the barn is this: buy your paper from Daniel
Smith and tell them you want the paper without the stickers.
In the bargain, you also get the paper cheaper than most other places. I've
found the service at DS significantly superior to other online sellers too.
Earlier this year I ordered small quantities of a bunch of different papers
from DS. Without me saying anything, they figured out that I was testing
papers and made sure I could distinguish which papers were which without
trouble. None of the other online suppliers would do this EVEN WHEN I ASKED
THEM TO!! By the time I ordered papers from DS, I had given up on asking.



David Kachel

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