Digital BW, The Print

Robert,

I ought to point out that my comments with regard to Bockingford were purely
based on our experience with the pigment inks we use, it may (and I am
advised does) produce much better results with dye based inks.

I assumed that you are looking at pigment-based prints for this book.

on 11/1/05 1:11 PM, Robert McArthur at wrote:

> I'm finally going to give Hahnemuhle a try. I've been put off thus
> far by repeated reports of flaking and whether it could stand regular
> page turning in book form: Tony/Jim/anyone? Oh, and price ;-)

I haven't used Hahnemulle a lot but I haven't seen the flaking issue others
report so often, perhaps those who have can answer this. I suspect that the
196 weight would however be a preferable weight for a book.
 
> Hawk Mountain's Condor Britewhite (the only DS I could find)
> looks interesting - is that the one you were thinking of?

yes Condor BW (300gsm) is the one I was thinking of.


> Hmm, nothing about that from the binders I've talked to.
> Can you elaborate?

We worked with some very professional book-binders and they always insist on
the paper grain running in the same direction as the binding. If it runs
contrary it can affect how the book lays when open (the book can resist
laying open properly) and can also cause cockling of the pages.

I'm talking traditional bookbinding here and the direction of paper grain is
of great importance to those we provide prints for. Perhaps the binding your
binder is looking at is different, I'd be surprised though if both paper
weight and grain were a non-issue.

Sometimes we have to cut page sizes down from oversize sheets to get the
grain going the way we need it. It can be a pain but I believe it does make
a real difference to the end result.

My preference would be a real matte paper, it's less likely to show
fingerprints and although handling may cause some issues I think these will
be the same on any paper handling is rough enough.


Tony Kelly
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