Digital BW, The Print

Tom,

I thought youd' like the HPR. One of the top papers out there.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tom Keesling" 
<tom.keesling@a...> wrote:
> After posting the following information, I received my box of 
> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper. On Friday, I printed the same image as 
> described below with the same vmp8-mw8.acv curve. I made no other 
> modifications. For this image and this curve, the Photo Rag paper 
> produces the best image. The paper is a little whiter and it prints 
a 
> little warmer than the Museo. It's also a slightly sharper print 
than 
> the Museo, but, using the loupe, I can see microbanding throughout 
> the image. Despite this, it's the best print at a viewing distance 
of 
> 15-18 inches.
> 
> I made a print on the Photo Rag of the same image using the vmp8-
> nc8.acv curve. Posterization was pretty bad but there was no 
banding 
> whatsoever. I'm not sure what this indicates. I printed another 
photo 
> restoration image using this same combination and there was neither 
> posterization nor microbanding. This last image file's resolution 
was 
> 480dpi while the other image was 300dpi. I didn't alter the 
> resolution of either prior to printing.
> 
> The bottom line is that the Photo Rag is looking like the best 
paper 
> of the lot based on this limited testing. Museo is a very close 
> second. I'll post again when I've done similar comparisons with 
> another image or two.
> 
> Tom Keesling
> 
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