GT40sc
09-24-2004, 05:22 PM
Does anyone have a reliable method for drying inkjet photographic prints?
My local camera shop told me just to wait 24-48 hours, and I have been doing so....However, even after a day or two,I still find that prints with lots of dark ink are very difficult to dry completely.
I am making a "family journal" with some of my Dad's photographs. But under the protective cover sheet in the photo album,many of the prints are "blotchy" or wet-looking in dark areas, even after 48 hours of air-drying.
Perhaps there is also a humidity issue...if I peel back the cover sheet and then replace it, the "blotches" will disappear for a little while.
I am looking for an old-fashioned type of album where the photos clip into place, and no cover sheet is used. Glue is not practical in this case, as we are dealing with nearly 100 8x10s. And I would still prefer that the prints be protected...even the "archival print preservers" from the camera shop still show this "wet/sticky" effect...
I have also been told not to bother with inkjet prints at all, and just have the camera store make "real prints" instead...But aside from the "bleed" I am very happy with the print quality (just a Lexmark Z-52) and I want to do it myself. My Dad was a professional photographer, and this journal is my way of remembering him in life...
So, what say you? "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it..."
thanks in advance,
My local camera shop told me just to wait 24-48 hours, and I have been doing so....However, even after a day or two,I still find that prints with lots of dark ink are very difficult to dry completely.
I am making a "family journal" with some of my Dad's photographs. But under the protective cover sheet in the photo album,many of the prints are "blotchy" or wet-looking in dark areas, even after 48 hours of air-drying.
Perhaps there is also a humidity issue...if I peel back the cover sheet and then replace it, the "blotches" will disappear for a little while.
I am looking for an old-fashioned type of album where the photos clip into place, and no cover sheet is used. Glue is not practical in this case, as we are dealing with nearly 100 8x10s. And I would still prefer that the prints be protected...even the "archival print preservers" from the camera shop still show this "wet/sticky" effect...
I have also been told not to bother with inkjet prints at all, and just have the camera store make "real prints" instead...But aside from the "bleed" I am very happy with the print quality (just a Lexmark Z-52) and I want to do it myself. My Dad was a professional photographer, and this journal is my way of remembering him in life...
So, what say you? "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it..."
thanks in advance,