Digital BW, The Print

I'd love to be wrong about this. I'll check out what I've been reading.
What sort of spray are you referring to?

-Lew Schwartz


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Ernst Dinkla <e.dinkla@...>wrote:

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> On 05/06/2013 07:59 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
> > I love this stuff: inexpensive, etc .... I make enlarged prints of just
> > about anything I need to see close up & inspect for imperfections. When
> > everything is the way I want, I make my final prints on archival paper. I
> > know it's not meant for permanent printing: yellows quickly, brittle,
> etc...
> >
> > It's creating a problem, however. When family and friends see these
> proofs,
> > they may ask for 'quicky' prints in bulk. I don't want to give them the
> > Proofing Paper, but they aren't asking for exhibition quality prints
> > either. What can I use to keep everyone happy inexpensively?
> >
> > -Lew Schwartz
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> Where did you observe/read that it yellows? I had window tests here for
> months without a color shift. There is no OBA content in it either. It
> has a very high white reflection and has a very wide gamut. The reason
> why Epson quotes its wide gamut in the ads for x900 wide formats. Very
> good reds and despite the OBA absence the blues are still good.
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> The structural strength was not less either after the windows test if
> some simple tearing tests are telling enough. If you add a protective
> spray it could last a very long time. The only thing against it is that
> there is no Aardenburg or Wilhelm test of that paper and in my case with
> HP Z printers there is some gloss difference + bronzing.
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> Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst Dinkla
>
> http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm
> December 2012: 500+ inkjet media paper white spectral plots.
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