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mounting prints
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hi all, hope everyone is well..
i have recently invested in an epson r2400… whichi can highly recommend..
and i really want to start mounting my prints any advice on how to get started and learn how to mount
…what materials needed etc…:)
Paul –
Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your printer purchase. The R2400 is a fantastic printer, certainly professional calibre in terms of image quality.In terms of mounting your prints, there are a number of ways to go about it – all depending on how much space and money you’re prepared to invest. The simplest and cheapest way to get started is to buy a hand-held mount cutter, like the Dexter (not sure where you can buy it in Europe, but in the US here is a place to try). It only costs about $30 and replacement blades are a few dollars for a pack of 5.
This sort of cutter relies upon you marking up the back of the mountboard with a pencil and ruler. Then, using a ruler as a guide, you run the cutter over the lines, cutting the aperture of the mount.
The advantages of this system are that it takes up almost no space to store and is very cheap. The disadvantage is that it requires you to be very precise in your movements and is time-consuming to do.
There are various steps along the way from here, ending up at a computerised mount cutting machine costing several thousand euro. I’ve elected for something in the middle with the Keencut Ultimat Gold, which is a manual table-top cutter. This is quick and easy to work with, but requires a dedicated work surface and costs about EUR1500. Keencut’s site showing the Ultimat Gold.
You’re also going to need a good metal ruler and a supply of mountboard (which can be cheap or expensive depending on how archival it is – I always go for museum board which looks great and won’t discolour your print with acid leakage (as will happen with pulp-based mountboards)). Other things which are handy are linen archival tape to affix the print to the mount, backing board and archival barrier paper to protect the print from the acid in the wood pulp backing board.
The other option is to find a framer who will mount your prints for you. The cost for this should be fairly nominal if you’re doing volume with them. Framing Fantastic is one of the site sponsors and would be a good place to start.
Cheers,
Peterthank peter thats great advice …
and i,m looking forward to your talk in portlaoise cc
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