arches platine - front or back?

[Kimberly Anderson]

Getting serious here, I'm doing a bunch of printing with Arches Platine in pt/pd and I'm curious what everyone is doing?

Front (watermark readable) or back (watermark backwards)?

Thanks!

 

[Don12x20]

I always use the readable side.

 

[bill schwab]

ditto Don

 

[colrehogan]

I use the smooth side of the paper. I forget whether the watermark is readable from that side or not.

 

[Jeremy]

I print on the side where the watermark is readable.

 

[Kimberly Anderson]

Thanks guys. I'm doing a test-print on the smooth side right now.

 

[Kimberly Anderson]

Hmmmm...looking pretty good. Last night I printed on the back (rough, watermark backwards) side. I'm not sure if I prefer one over the other yet. More consideration must be taken.

 

[JBrunner]

Using the back (Wmk reversed) side can cause problems with some process, as it isn't sized. Pepper, graininess, and blotching are more likely.

 

[Kimberly Anderson]

Here's the lab.

Dead Link Removed

 

[nick mulder]

Heh heh,

I like the rope lights - also spotted the B&S bottles - so um, yeh... are you going to send me one of your Jobo drum processors for xmas ?

 

[Kimberly Anderson]

...so um, yeh... are you going to send me one of your Jobo drum processors for xmas ?

I can't. I need them for parts. One is pretty cannibalized already and three are working perfectly. The fourth needs a little work, but it'll probably just be used for parts too.

 

[nick mulder]

Parts !

Bah humbug !

I need one for processing

 

[ic-racer]

From the title of this thread I thought it had something to do with the mouth....