The Art and Practice of Silver Printing

ve little idea of the most economical place of dividing the sheets. The following remarks by Mr. Hearn, which appeared in the Photo

e perfectly dry, free even from any perspiration, for if this is not strictly regarded in the handling of the paper, 'finger stains' will appear on those parts of the paper with which the fingers come in contact. To guard against this, a rough towel should be suspended in a

to obtain the right size) lay over the sensitive paper the proper sized mat that is to be placed over the print

ized mats in the printing room; one of each size wil

o equal pieces, one of which can be used for the contemplated print. I would recommend that instead of taking exactly one half of the sheet of paper, as described above, to take about an inch more than the

slightly torn), were then too narrow to be covered with the proper sized mats, and had to be rejected; whereas, if in cutting this paper allowance had

ght to left), and divide it into three equal parts. By laying the cabinet glass on these strips of paper, and cutting the paper a little wider than the glass, five cabinets can be obtained from

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or some other defect, that can thus advantageously be got rid of. Often, when there are only a few cabinets to be printed, I take a quarter-sheet, and bend over the length of it to about three-quarters of an inch of the opposite side, crease it, and then cut with the paper-knife. You thus obtain a

paper 18 by 22 inches in size, the divided paper will be 11 by 18 inches i

the half-sheet is cut equally in two piece

4 by 4, or a couple of nice cabinet pieces, together with

arter the sheet, and divide each

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. 14) taken from the length of the paper. The pieces, as thus cut, will measure 32/3 by 9 inches, which will answer admirably for the stereoscopic

asure 31/7 by 18 inches in size. The whole number of pieces will be forty-two. It will be seen that the size of the carte pieces (3 by 31/7 inches) only allows very l

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t tearing, and also to prevent silver from getting on the back of it; in cutting it either the shears or the paper-knife shou

a sheet of paper which measures 18 by 22 (or 18 by 221/2, &c.) inches, because the pieces of paper are now as small as they should be with safe results to the prints, on account of bad edges, &c., which it is often necessary to trim after printing. There is a way to obtain forty-eight, and even fifty-two pieces of paper from the sheet, but I would not advise any of my readers to try to obtain that quantity, as there are many disadvantages connected with it that more than neutralize the benefits. The paper