Digital BW, The Print

Robert,

I did try some Eclipse Velvet and Satine. They are not with the 
traveling group of prints at the moment although I will try to do an 
intercept time permitting.

They both coated very nicely in terms of both ease and final result.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Robert Morrison 
<rmorrison@p...> wrote:
> Coated Eclipse Velvet is the show stopper...not sure whether Martin
> experimented with that.  I personally don't like the textured 
papers coated
> either.  In fact I don't really like any of the Hahnemule papers
> coated...they are great uncoated though.  If Cone profiles Museo it 
should
> also be a great coated paper.  Haven't seen the other smooth new 
papers yet.
> 
> Robert
> 
> On 9/20/01 12:15 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> 
> > Martin, I just got the Varnished prints, but there is no sheet in 
the
> > package to indicate where I should send it next.
> > 
> > I got the package from Mark Tucker.  If a post with everybody's 
address
> > was sent, I must have either missed it, or not received it.
> > 
> > After looking at all the many different varnishes and papers, I 
must
> > say, I don't care much for the look. The blacks are a bit deeper, 
but
> > that quality is offset by the overall look of the paper, which 
just
> > doesn't seem "right".  Some papers look better than others, but 
one in
> > particular, Museum Parchment/Royal Riviera/Torchon (Same paper) 
looks
> > particularly horrible. Just awful.  The prints look like they were
> > printed on wrinkled saran wrap.
> > 
> > I love the blacks on uncoated Torchon, as they are about as deep 
as they
> > get. I sure wish there was less texture on that paper though.
> > 
> > I have made prints on Torchon, Epson Archival, Epson Watercolor, 
Legion
> > Photomatte and Eclipse, all which are extremely close to Torchon.
> > 
> > I am very glad to see these coatings, to see what they look like, 
and
> > want to thank you for all the work that must have been, but I 
personally
> > just don't care for the "look" of varnished watercolor papers.
> > 
> > Jerry
> > 
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