Making a contact printing mask

[William McEwen]

Why not just TRIM THE CONTACT PRINT? Who said it "has" to be 8x10in? Most 8x10 paper isn't exactly 8x10 inches anyhow, especially fiber paper after dry-down.-Dan

Makes sense, but I prefer to have some kind of border on unmounted prints.

Stieglitz would often trim the borders off, then dry mount it to the back of a discarded print, leaving a small amount of white all around.

Then -- he usually used rubber cement to mount this onto rag board.

[Scott Walker]

if you don't feel like doing that, why not just TRIM THE CONTACT PRINT?

On an unmounted print I like to have about a 2 inch white border for an 8x10 print, just a personal preference. Also on a trimmed print the edges get damaged rather easily if the print is not mounted.

[Scott Walker]

After all the effort it turns out I like the jagged edge better......go figure

[jeroldharter]

Litho tape

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_search.php