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How to Care for Your Print Artwork

 Inkjet-based pigment prints on archival rag papers can be quite vulnerable to damage, even from relatively subtle contact, so they need to be handled carefully. 

The following are simple instructions for making sure that your investment in a quality print isn’t wasted!

Rule #1: Don’t Touch The Printed Area

It’s pretty simple: wherever possible do not touch any area on the page where pigment ink has been laid down (yes, even when wearing gloves!). 

This is true across all paper and print types, but especially pertinent to matte papers printed with areas of high ink density (i.e. dark areas) and areas with smooth tonality (i.e. blue sky in a photo or flat colour in a digital illustration).

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29th May 2Inkjet-based pment prints on archival rag papers can be quite vulnerable to damage, even from relatively subtle contact, so they need to be handled carefuThe following are simple instructions for making sure thatyour investment in a quality print isn’t wastedRule #1: Don’t Touch ThePrinted Area

This is because matte papers achieve their matte finish by dispersing light with fine velvet-like fibres. And just like velvet, if you touch/rub/scuff it, traces of the contact will be left visible. Unlike velvet, though, you cannot reverse this by running your hand back the other way – the damage is permanent and very obvious in dark and/or smooth areas of your prints. In lighter and more scattered/patterned prints you may never notice any scuffing or finger marks from contact, but always best to play it safe.

On a side note – if you’re printing at home the same rules apply for handling your paper even before you print.  It’s not uncommon for example to make a print on a seemingly unblemished sheet, only to find ghostly finger prints or scuffs revealed in the denser areas. This means those fine velvet-like fibres discussed above have been imprinted from physical contact prior to printing

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Print With A Margin For Handling

This really just goes to helping with Rule #1: don’t touch the inked area of your print.

If you set up your print with little to no room around the edges it becomes more likely that you (or your customer) will accidentally break rule number 1 at some point. This is a major reason why we advise against printing borderless too. 

In general the fine art market prefers prints with borders. These are more obviously art objects, less like posters, allowing the viewer’s eye a bit of relief from the image while also giving a sense of the quality and physicality of the paper itself.

Handle With Gloves

As discussed in Rule #1 wearing gloves while handling your print won’t save it from damage if you still touch the printed area, this is a non-negotiable particularly with dense matte prints. Though in fact even touching the non-printed area will leave impressions in the fine surface fibres of matte papers, though as these are not visible to the eye (unless printed on) it’s generally nothing to worry about.

Wearing gloves is still a good idea though, even if you’re careful to only handle your prints at the margins with no pigment on them. They can prevent oils or dirt on your hands transferring onto the paper, not to mention finger prints on glossy papers.

Standard white cotton art handling gloves are a simple, practical option for handling your prints as they provide basic protection against the transfer of oils, moisture and dirt from hand to print. They also become visibly grubby over time, clearly indicating when they need replacing. The draw back of cotton gloves is that they can potentially ‘wick’ moisture/sweat oils from your hands to the prints. 

With clean hands in a cool, dry environment cotton shouldn’t prove much of an issue – though for more protection you might like to try powder-free nitrile gloves. Like cotton gloves these won’t leave finger prints on gloss prints, but they won’t wick moisture or oils from the skin either. Nor will they shed any pesky lint on handled prints like cotton can. The downside to using nitrile gloves is the potential for sweaty hands – particularly in warmer, more humid environments.

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