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Peter Figen wrote:
Brian - Maybe you're paying too much for you Hahnemühle. The mark up on that is exceedingly high but it seems to be fair traded - y'know - everyone everywhere selling for within pennies of each other. I do know that if you work with a local store, and have a good relationship with the right person, the pricing is, or can be, much more reasonable.
Small town, 20-25k population, small state (population-wise), I doubt there is anyone local doing better prices. I used to have college.edu connections for better prices, but the prices quoted are itSupplies/Atlex, freee shipping and no sales tax. They are what we yokels have to pay.
When I lived and worked in London, I never paid retail for anything except beer. I had a wholesale smoked salmon place 15 mins walk away, for example. It did nothing but smoked salmon. I spent my first 28 years in big cities, having to travel 150 miles for decent olive oil was quite a shock, and the stuff that was sold as beer then, well it makes me nauseous just think about it.
Peter Figen wrote:
But there are other reasons for using rolls anyway - infinite sizing variation with less waste and ganging multiple images on large canvasses for even higher efficiency.
Oh for sure, including the not mentioned fack that Hahnemuhle don't seem to know how to pack large sheets, and one out of four boxes of 24 x 36" paper will arrive damaged. And there is the storing of large sheets, which isn't a minor problem in a small studio if you don't have a flat file system.
But I still stock 24 x 36 inch sheets as well as 24 and 36 inch rolls. I rarely print 44 inches except canvas. It is nice having paper go in flat and come out flat.
Brian A
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