Digital BW, The Print

I'm curious... What is the advantage to printing on traditonal uncoated Arches over Canson's infinity Arches aquarelle rag? I print on the latter and it looks beautiful and I believe there are no OBAs correct?

- AnnMarie Tornabene
www.annmarietornabene.net





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:
>
> The yellowing is probably due to OBAs fading, not the fact that the paper
> was a coated paper.  http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/ has lots of data on
> various paper white color changes.  Some papers with OBAs do OK.  Natural
> paper bleaches.  I favor Epson Hot Press Natural, a non-OBA paper that does
> bleach a fair amount, but that really does not bother me much.  (BTW,
> please make a donation to http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/)
> 
> You seem to be going the QTR route.  Good.  You need a RIP to properly
> print on Arches.
> 
> How to load QTR (on a Mac, it sounds like) and get a 3880 supported will
> need feedback from those users.  You may want to do a quick search on
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/messages
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > ... I opened a matte a couple of
> > months ago to show a couple how my images are mounted in the mattes and was
> > greeted by a glaring yellow border on a print made on Entrada Bright
> > White....
> >
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > On another topic, I can't get the Install3880.command to work. It tells me
> > "QuadToneRIP does not support printer 3880". Any suggestions? (Yes, I have
> > the machine connected via USB.)
> >
> >
> 
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