Effect of cutting paper on archival stability

[Tom Kershaw]

If one cuts off a section of a piece of photographic paper, e.g. 4 inches off the short side of a 12x16" sheet to use the other piece for a test strip etc. are there additional concerns about archival stability introduced by cutting the paper?

Tom

 

[Steve Smith]

Unlikely as the paper has been guillotine cut after coating anyway.


Steve.

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Unlikely as the paper has been guillotine cut after coating anyway.


Steve.

Steve,

Sure, that was my train of thought but pondering whether I had missed some important consideration.

Tom

 

[Steve Smith]

There has been some discussion in the past about trimming off the edges of a print after it has been processed to remove any developer and/or fix which has soaked into the edges. I don't remember what the outcome of that one was though.


Steve.

 

[Ian Grant]

There has been some discussion in the past about trimming off the edges of a print after it has been processed to remove any developer and/or fix which has soaked into the edges. I don't remember what the outcome of that one was though.

Steve.

That's only with RC papers that have been over fixed/washed.

Ian

 

[Nicholas Lindan]

I have had paper get foggy about a week after cutting - it turned out to be a bright safe light shining on the paper cutter. The paper was fine if used within a day of cutting and the safe light passed the usual tests. I have no idea of the mechanism involved, or if it was indeed the safe light. The safe light has been changed and the problem has gone away, but I haven't confirmed by putting the old safe light back and seeing if the problem re-appears.