Digital BW, The Print

Hello Tom,

>Any thoughts / tests on Epson's Hot Press Bright?

I didn't test it because I had no personal interest in using it and didn't want to spend the money on a box (I'll be happy to review it if someone will send me two sheets).  These are just assumptions, but I expect it will have similar high dmax, will work well with K3 inks, and probably is a really nice looking paper.

For BW/OBA paper I'm so happy with VFA that I hesitate to switch, especially to a paper for which we have no ink fade test results yet.  So my personal interest was only for the natural version.  My favorite natural paper has been Innova's Soft Textured Art - really beautiful stuff with K3 inks but has lower dmax.  I'm just getting to know it, but I expect that HPN will replace STA in my arsenal.


Regards,
Clayton


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