Digital BW, The Print

David,

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 9:46 AM, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:

> From:  Don
>
> "That's absolutely false. The art papers made today by Arches, Fabriano,
> Canson, etc. aren't the same as the papers made in the past, even a decade
> or so ago."
>
> I don't follow your logic. You are claiming that watercolor papers are not
> consistent, therefore coated papers must be reliable?
>
>

Please reread what Don wrote. All 4 paragraphs are important and each has
key information to address this topic.

>I'll stick with watercolor.

That's fine, but don't kid yourself that the sizing on art papers is
superior for longevity than the coating on good inkjet papers. It may be,
or it may not and it may be both over a relatively short period of time.
Both Don and Eric are specifically saying that these things change without
warning and that the past couple decades have seen the papers change a lot.

Pete


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