print paper format and borders

[John Koehrer]

I see. Large paper borders (is this what called 'matting'? putting main photo on a larger list of paper to make additional borders?) for me is a luxury I believe. I'm going to use a print for two things: a final result of a photo and as a media two show for friends. Thus brining with me a folder with A4 papers seems like a logical way.

No, matting mostly used to protect the edges of a print or to bring attention to the image itself by acting as a window. Flush mounting
uses a board cut to the same size as the printing paper.

There's got to be someone here that can explain it more clearly than I.