Velvet fine art which side

Is there any way to find out which side is printable just by looking into it? Help, help, help! I would suggest that you sacrifice one piece of paper, cut it in 4x6 inches size and make a test print, but put a mark the on side of the box before test print While I've never used VFA, I know with most of the good papers I use that you can tell the printing side by just touching it with your tongue or slightly damp fingers.

The side that has some tension is the coated side while the uncoated side does not. I prefer to use the tip of my tongue because of the sensitivity. But you will definitely find that it sticks on one side only. That's the side to print on. If it's any consolation, Epson used to put their name on the back. Be thankful they stopped that. When you open the box, the correct side is facing up. It will have the leaflet and a protective sheet over the top. Re: Papers are packed print side up.

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Nikon Z9 initial review. Sony a7 IV initial review. Nikon Nikkor Z mm F2. Sigma mm F Discover more challenges ». Only problem was trying to figure out which side of the paper to print on. Epson is no help at all by instructing to print on the "whiter side" and a review by Luminous Landscape wasn't any better.

Luminous said to feel the paper between your thumb and fore finger and print on the rougher side. I never could tell which side was rougher and even under strong light I couldn't tell which side was rougher. Finally, after wasting several large sheets of Velvet paper I found out how to tell.

Using a 4x loupe or stronger, examine both sides of the paper. The printable side is coated and smoother with a flawless slightly non-uniformed dimpled surface. The non-printable side has the same type of surface but it is rougher and has tiny loose fibers. The printable side looks like a plaster wall with a coat of flat wall paint where the non-printable side looks raw.

Thought some people would like to know. Tim Gray Sr. Member Offline Posts: This may sound a bit gross, but it's a tip I was given, and works Take a sheet a place a small corner between your lips - the "up" side will stick to your lip a bit more than the back side. Then, for future reference, once you have the right side identified, fan the deck a bit and draw a small pencil line across the exposed edges of the sheets.