CUTTING UP PAPER; TRIMMING PRINTS; MOUNTING PRINTS ; ROLLING AND BURNISHING PRINTS ; ENAMELLING PRINTS.
It is desirable to have about inch margin for trimming in the case of every print, but beyond this the less there is the better. We here give a set of sketches showing how paper may be cut with the best advantage for dif ferent sizes. When the sizes are small there is no great difficulty in getting a very fair degree of economy. When they are large it is far more difficult. Indeed, for some large sizes the waste is excessive, unless smaller sizes be worked at the same lime, in which case, by getting several different sized prints from each sheet, we may have fair economy.
We take first of all the smallest size which is likely to be required—namely, carte. The smallest divisions in Fig. 1 give sufficient for trimming on all sides, and it will be found that there are forty-two of them.
Next we take cabinets, as this is the size next in popularity to the carte.
Fig. 2 shows how fifteen can be cut from a sheet. A strip 4 inches wide is first cut along one end of the sheet. This is divided into three pieces. The remainder of the sheet can then be cut up into twelve more.
71 x is a popular size for landscapes. The dark lines in Fig. 1 mark out nine pieces which are a little larger than this. A strip cutting into six cartes will remain.
Whole-plate, or inches x Gi inches, is as near as possible double-cabinet size. The thick lines in Fig. mark out six whole-plate prints, leaving a strip cutting into three cabinets.
A sheet cut into four, as in Fig. 3, gives 10 x S prints, with some waste, but not very much.
One of these 10 x S squares will of course cut into four 5 x 4 squares, as shown in one of the top squares of the figure ; by cutting such a square in two as in a lower corner two 7?, x 5 prints are got, there being in this case, however, a considerable margin of waste.
The most troublesome size of all is the 12 x 10. In fact, if no size but this be required from a sheet the waste is excessive. In this case the manner of cutting shown in Fig. 4 is the only one to resort to.
The size 12 x 10 is, however, too nearly square for by far the majority of subjects, and a print of that size will, as a rule, be improved by cutting away from 1 to 2 inches of the width. The same refers to 10 x S prints. Fig. 5 shows one good way of cutting up a sheet when both 12 x 10 and 10 x S prints are required. It will be seen that there is one full size 12 x 10 print got. Another is 12 inches long but only 7 inches broad. The size will be found to give a very good picture from many 12 x 10 negatives. It may be cut down to 10 x 7 and make a somewhat narrow print from a 10 x S negative. There is another which without any further cutting is 10 x 7, whilst there is one 10 inches square which will serve for a full-sized 10 x S print.
Where 12 x 10 negatives are being printed from, but no 10 x S ones, the method of division shown in Fig. 6 will be found very useful.
There is one full-sized 12 x 10 print given ; two which are of the preferable size, 12 x S ; and there is left a piece of paper which may be used for a 7 x 5 and a carte, or for a 7+ x 41- and a carte, or for a cabinet and two cartes.