Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul, To me, a "matted print" is, for example, an 8"x10" print that has an (11"x14") piece of card behind it AND one in front of it, the one in front having an 8"x10" window cut in it (at 45deg angle) through which one can see the print. It sounds like what you call a "window mount". I wouldn't expect the print to be dry-mounted onto the card behind it, unless that was specified. I don't like dry-mounting...for me it is too permanent an attachment between the photo and the card...if the card or mounting tissue ends up being less archival than advertised, there's basically no way to get the print off. Instead, I hinge-mount my photos in a mat/window mount using removable, archival, linen tape. What you have been selling, I would consider to be a "dry-mounted print" and not a "matted print". If I was your customer, I might expect something other than what you're sending, but I'd probably have to take it to a frame shop to have it framed anyway and so I wouldn't have to worry about it...that's because I assume you're dry-mounting to a UK standard sized card which likely won't fit in a standard sized US frame. If you want to avoid confusion, you could be very specific and say something along the lines of "8x10 print dry mounted on an 11x14 acid-free mounting board." If you want to be really thoughtful and save your buyers a few bucks/quid, you could mat/mount your US-bound prints using mat/card that would fit in a standard US frame size (8x10, 11x14, 16x20, inches). Best, Aaron (half-British, half-American, and normally totally confused) At 07:35 AM 10/28/2005, you wrote: >Mats? > >I'm a Brit, and this is something that has always confused me but which >I've never clarified before, so here's my chance. For me, you see, a mat >is something you tread on when you come in through the door. > >I've always assumed that an American mat is what we would call a mount - >is that correct? In other words it's the piece of card onto which one >would stick a print. > >Then there is often the "window mount" which is usually a higher quality >card with a window cut into it, usually at an angle of 45deg. Is this part >of the mat too? > >When I've sold "matted prints" to US types before they always get the >print dry-mounted onto card, but not the window mount. Am I short-changing >people? Am I making sense? > >Help out a confused innocent... > >P. > >******* >Paul Hardy Carter >www.paulhardycarter.com >******* > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information