Digital BW, The Print

looking for a good cheap source for pre-cut 16x20" 8-ply museum mats 
in the US.  Also, how are people hanging their quadtones in a mat?  
Hanging some stuff in a gallery and all the local shops are stupidly 
expensive...

thanks,

mark

> looking for a good cheap source for pre-cut 16x20" 8-ply museum mats
> in the US.  Also, how are people hanging their quadtones in a mat?
> Hanging some stuff in a gallery and all the local shops are stupidly
> expensive...

Good questions! Along those same lines, I'd be curious to hear hear if/how
people are dry-mounting their digital prints. I've got an old 20x24 Seal
dry mount press from my silver-printing days that I'm hoping will work
with the new media. My old method was to dry-mount, then cut a window mat
about 1/2" from the print border all around, with a little more space at
the bottom for a penciled signature. The glass is then kept off the print.
Any opinions on the appropriateness of that method would be appreciated!

-Ron

Dry mounting works fine. I use colormount at 200 deg. If you are 
using a textured paper, it works best to use a sheet of the same 
paper for a cover sheet.

Jerome

http://www.jeromehawkins.com/

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ron at 
BookCrossing.com" <ron@b...> wrote:
> > looking for a good cheap source for pre-cut 16x20" 8-ply museum 
mats
> > in the US.  Also, how are people hanging their quadtones in a mat?
> > Hanging some stuff in a gallery and all the local shops are 
stupidly
> > expensive...
> 
> Good questions! Along those same lines, I'd be curious to hear hear 
if/how
> people are dry-mounting their digital prints. I've got an old 20x24 
Seal
> dry mount press from my silver-printing days that I'm hoping will 
work
> with the new media. My old method was to dry-mount, then cut a 
window mat
> about 1/2" from the print border all around, with a little more 
space at
> the bottom for a penciled signature. The glass is then kept off the 
print.
> Any opinions on the appropriateness of that method would be 
appreciated!
> 
> -Ron

From my experiences, the dry mount works just fine with digital prints


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At 04:58 PM 9/23/03 +0000, you wrote:
>looking for a good cheap source for pre-cut 16x20" 8-ply museum mats
>in the US.  Also, how are people hanging their quadtones in a mat?
>Hanging some stuff in a gallery and all the local shops are stupidly
>expensive...
>
>thanks,
>
>mark


Mark,

Go to Light Impressions:
www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/
http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/servlet/OnlineShopping?Dsp=20300&PCR=30000:230000:234000:234100:234130&R=8466 
the 8-ply


8 ply is pretty extravagant -never had the nerve to pay the $$$.  I have 
both dry-mounted, used tape, or corners. It depends on the rebate around 
the image.
Don't really need dry mount because the paper stays very flat.

AZ
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