Glow in the dddark paper (was Re: viewer paint)

[P3D Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron Doerfler writes

>A tip originally given to me by Dr. T at a convention before I had ever
>heard of him!  It is a nice solution.  I might mention that some of these
>newer laser print paper fairly glows (the ones with the high brightness
>rating), which I assume is from flourescent components (like the phosphorus
>in Oxydol detergent that made it legal for them to advertise "Whiter
>than White").  Does the titanium dioxide in white paper do this??

Yes your assumption is right! If you take a black light (UV)fluorescent 
tube and shine it on the the treated paper it will fluoresce. Regular
paper will be practically black. I am not sure what they put in it thou.
Looking at the two papers side by side and it is hard to tell the difference.

Gabriel





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