Category Archives: The Paper Chase (Printing Blog)

A Book Cover, Starry Night, and the VoxPhotographs blog

I was very pleased to learn that my image was selected for the catalog cover for the upcoming exhibition at the PhotoPlace Gallery in Vermont. You can order the catalog here (and browse through all the images) and you can find out more about the upcoming “Four Seasons” exhibition here. I sprung for the hardcover, [...]

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Printing Tips – Humidity in your printing environment

Sometimes we take for granted modern inkjet printers because of their competence and reliability. Modern printers, though, are incredibly complex machines, particularly with respect to the printheads. Each printer and its printheads is designed for a particular range of environmental conditions, including temperature and humidity. For most home printing situations, humidity is most likely to [...]

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Various and sundry, post-Thanksgiving edition

I just posted a new article here on this site – my comparison of inkjet/pigment prints with digital C-prints (digital prints made with chemicals rather than ink). Check it out if you are interested and please let me know if you have any questions. Nomenclature is always a tricky issue, particular in fields such as [...]

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New Article about Types of Paper Substrates for Digital Printing (including Baryta)

I’ve just written an article about different paper substrates that are available for digital printing. You can find the whole article here, but below you’ll find an excerpt from the article about baryta papers, a type about which I’m frequently asked. Baryta Fiber-based papers One of the more popular type of papers for digital printing [...]

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Paper Review – Canson Platine Fiber Rag

Overview I somehow have neglected to post much about this relatively new paper from Canson Infinity despite it being my new favorite paper. Paper choice is very subjective, but for me, Platine Fiber Rag (PFR) hits the sweet spot in so many ways. If you haven’t yet tried it out, I certainly highly recommend doing [...]

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Recycling and Digital Printing

Many people involved in digital printing have likely wondered about how to ameliorate its environmental impact. One obvious solution is to recycle as many of the involved products as possible. Scrap prints are easy — almost any locale now has facilities for recycling paper products such as printing paper. In my household, scrap prints take [...]

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The Paper Chase consolidated and many client updates

For a few years now I’ve maintained separate blogs for my printing business (the blog name was The Paper Chase) and my photography. A few months ago I morphed the photography blog into this one. I’ve been wrestling with how best to go forward with the other and I’ve finally made a decision – everything [...]

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Whither Prints? And an excellent way to spend 6 minutes, 39 seconds of your time

I’m a bit late to this video as it went around a month or so go (such as here), but I found these excerpts from an interview with renowned printmaker and printing historian Richard Benson absolutely fascinating. In this brief but jam-packed interview, Benson discusses the future of prints and film, painting and printing versus [...]

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