From: Sarah Van Keuren (svk@steuber.com)
Date: 06/19/00-06:53:37 AM Z
Joe, when you used the drymount press was the vandyke brownprint in direct
contact with the metal? If so I would have expected a more definite shift to
a cooler, darker brown. The same goes for ironing a print.
Also, there certainly is variation in brown tones related to the paper being
used.
Sarah
>
> In a message dated 06/18/2000 10:19:49, you wrote:
>
> <<So, is the consensus that there should be no color variation from one light
> source to another?>>
>
> Heat can cause a color variation (or so I've read). Flattening a VDB in a
> drymount press or drying with hot air apparently can shift the color more
> neutral. So, if you are printing under a hot UV source, i.e., direct sun,
> (and especially overexposing as you note) the contact frame/glass/print could
> heat up enough to cause a color shift.
>
> I've only noticed this effect a couple of times with prints coming from a
> drymount press...a very slight shift. I think the major variation in color
> has to do with humidity and paper choice, seen many times.
>
> Joe
>
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