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Dry Mounting Digital Prints
I am planning on having a series of prints from my Epson 1280 that were
printed on Epson paper using Epson inks dry mounted. Since the press uses temperatures up to 350 degrees I was wondering if the inks can handle that heat. The frame shop that does my dry mounting was unsure of an answer. Has anyone done this? Thanks. Norm |
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The inks might handle the temprature but the plastic coating on the paper
won't! "Derideo" wrote in message news:tKWod.140194$HA.75489@attbi_s01... I am planning on having a series of prints from my Epson 1280 that were printed on Epson paper using Epson inks dry mounted. Since the press uses temperatures up to 350 degrees I was wondering if the inks can handle that heat. The frame shop that does my dry mounting was unsure of an answer. Has anyone done this? Thanks. Norm |
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:28:25 GMT, "Derideo"
wrote: I am planning on having a series of prints from my Epson 1280 that were printed on Epson paper using Epson inks dry mounted. Since the press uses temperatures up to 350 degrees I was wondering if the inks can handle that heat. The frame shop that does my dry mounting was unsure of an answer. Has anyone done this? Thanks. Norm I've had quite a few "computer-generated" prints mounted in this way with no problem. I do my own mounting and framing now, however, and I use a 3M product called "Positionable Mounting Adhesive." It's pretty easy to use, and doesn't require any special equipment. It's easy enough to produce another copy of the photo, so I'd let them give it a try and see what happens. If it ruins the photo, you can use PMA or something similar. Leonard |
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Derideo wrote: I am planning on having a series of prints from my Epson 1280 that were printed on Epson paper using Epson inks dry mounted. Since the press uses temperatures up to 350 degrees I was wondering if the inks can handle that heat. The frame shop that does my dry mounting was unsure of an answer. Has anyone done this? Thanks. Norm In my pro days I did a lot of dry mounting, and never went anywhere near 350 degrees. That is an absurd temperature for dry-mounting. All modern dry-mount tissue is designed to work with PE (plastic-coated) papers, at about 180- 190 deg. F., as also is texturizing film. Choose or make a test print and get the shop to mount it with Seal (tm) or similar tissue at 185 deg. and check the result. Colin. |
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Derideo wrote: I am planning on having a series of prints from my Epson 1280 that were printed on Epson paper using Epson inks dry mounted. Since the press uses temperatures up to 350 degrees I was wondering if the inks can handle that heat. The frame shop that does my dry mounting was unsure of an answer. Has anyone done this? Thanks. Norm In my pro days I did a lot of dry mounting, and never went anywhere near 350 degrees. That is an absurd temperature for dry-mounting. All modern dry-mount tissue is designed to work with PE (plastic-coated) papers, at about 180- 190 deg. F., as also is texturizing film. Choose or make a test print and get the shop to mount it with Seal (tm) or similar tissue at 185 deg. and check the result. Colin. |
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"Colin D" wrote in message ... In my pro days I did a lot of dry mounting, and never went anywhere near 350 degrees. That is an absurd temperature for dry-mounting. All modern dry-mount tissue is designed to work with PE (plastic-coated) papers, at about 180- 190 deg. F., as also is texturizing film. Choose or make a test print and get the shop to mount it with Seal (tm) or similar tissue at 185 deg. and check the result. Colin. Why bother with heat anyway? I've been using a vacuum mounting press with EVA adheasive sprayed on the board for most of this year and never had a failure. When I used a heat press I got failures and high costs. Should be a heap of framers using vacuum. None around my way use heat presses. |
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Ryadia wrote: "Colin D" wrote in message ... In my pro days I did a lot of dry mounting, and never went anywhere near 350 degrees. That is an absurd temperature for dry-mounting. All modern dry-mount tissue is designed to work with PE (plastic-coated) papers, at about 180- 190 deg. F., as also is texturizing film. Choose or make a test print and get the shop to mount it with Seal (tm) or similar tissue at 185 deg. and check the result. Colin. Why bother with heat anyway? I've been using a vacuum mounting press with EVA adheasive sprayed on the board for most of this year and never had a failure. When I used a heat press I got failures and high costs. Should be a heap of framers using vacuum. None around my way use heat presses. From a pro point of view, heat mounting produces a high-quality, flat and smooth mounted print. Cold adhesives are prone to producing a less-flat result, variations in glue thickness showing up as slight undulations in the print surface. A vacuum press with a flat metal platen might do a bit better, but in my experience, dry-mounting looks the best. Colin |
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Ryadia wrote: "Colin D" wrote in message ... In my pro days I did a lot of dry mounting, and never went anywhere near 350 degrees. That is an absurd temperature for dry-mounting. All modern dry-mount tissue is designed to work with PE (plastic-coated) papers, at about 180- 190 deg. F., as also is texturizing film. Choose or make a test print and get the shop to mount it with Seal (tm) or similar tissue at 185 deg. and check the result. Colin. Why bother with heat anyway? I've been using a vacuum mounting press with EVA adheasive sprayed on the board for most of this year and never had a failure. When I used a heat press I got failures and high costs. Should be a heap of framers using vacuum. None around my way use heat presses. From a pro point of view, heat mounting produces a high-quality, flat and smooth mounted print. Cold adhesives are prone to producing a less-flat result, variations in glue thickness showing up as slight undulations in the print surface. A vacuum press with a flat metal platen might do a bit better, but in my experience, dry-mounting looks the best. Colin |
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