Digital BW, The Print

And when you finally figure out which side to use, turn the batch 
over, and mark the back with a pencil so you don't have to keep 
checking!

Steve K--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tomoc" 
<TomOC@s...> wrote:
> The "more" textured side is the printing side...generally it might 
> curl a little...the curled side is top...
> 
> You can wet your fingers and pinch a corner...the side that is 
> stickiest is the coated side...or if you're wild and crazy like 
some 
> here, you just lick the dude and you will know.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Tom O'Connell
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
interrogtr@a... 
> wrote:
> > I've got some William Turner paper from Hahnemuhle.  From what 
I've 
> > researched, only one side is coated but for the life of me, I 
can't 
> tell yet 
> > which side is coated.  It's not like EAM, where the coated side 
is 
> bright 
> > white and the non-coated side is more of a creamy color.  On the 
> William 
> > Turner paper, both sides are very bright white, with maybe the 
most 
> subtle 
> > difference between them.  About the most significant difference 
I 
> can see 
> > between the two sides is that one side has more of a patterned 
> textured look 
> > about it (like perhaps it came from between two rollers) and the 
> other side 
> > has more of a non-patterned white washed look to it.  I'm 
guessing 
> that the 
> > non-patterned side is the coated side but it's very difficult to 
> tell.
> > 
> > Does anyone have experience with this paper and found a way to 
> identify which 
> > side is coated and which is not?  
> > 
> > Thanks for any help.
> > 
> > 
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