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it is then rolled over with a roller squeegee in order to ensure contact
and to expel any air bubbles. The rolling must not be done violently,
but just enough pressure exercised to get the print down smoothly.
The blotting paper is then removed and the mounted print is put
on one side to dry.
With thick Bromide papers a very nice effect can be obtained
by dispensing altogether with a mount, and masking the negative
so as to give a print with a white margin. If unmounted prints
are wanted perfectly flat, they can be made so by putting them
aside under pressure for a day or two. When only a few are to
be flattened, a very good way is to put a piece of stout glass in a
printing frame, insert the prints, fasten the back, and leave them
like this until they are wanted. They will come out quite smooth
and flat. Prints may be vignetted on to one corner of a piece of
paper and the rest printed for the purpose of a menu, a Christmas
card or a post-card. In fact, there are numerous ways in which
thick papers may be employed, many of which will no doubt suggest
themselves to the reader.
A particularly effective method of finishing Bromide prints
is to frame them in the passe-partout style. A piece of glass and
a stout strawboard are cut to the size of the picture. The latter
is then placed between the glass (which should previously have
been thoroughly cleaned) and the strawboard backing, and the
whole tightly bound together with narrow strips of gummed paper
in the same way as a lantern slide. If the picture has been multiple
mounted a gummed paper edging may be selected to harmonize
with the tints of the mounting papers.
Rings for hanging may be fastened to the strawboard backing
by means of tape-loops passed through slots in the strawboard
and the ends glued before binding up.

GLOSSY SURFACE BROMIDE PRINTS.
If a highly-glazed surface is required the " Enammo " paper
must be used. The gloss on this can be increased by drying the
prints on glass or ferrotype in the following manner.
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