Digital BW, The Print

>> Aren't the ConeTech Matte and the Lyson Photo Matte rebranded
>> Hahnemule Photo Matte?

I don't particularly like the base color of these papers. I guess it's from
optical brighteners, but they seem to have a slight lavender cast to my eye.

Todd

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> Yes, they are as far as I know. They look the same and weigh the same.
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>> They are very close to EAM but not as stiff. Unfortunately they both
>> failed the pH pen test and gave readings similiar to EAM. Steadman
>> reported the same.
>> 
>> Their claim to being archival is no better than Epson's.
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> This had been debated at the piezo list and Jon said something to the effect
> that they had seen no problems with ct matte either fading or shifting to
> green. 
> This may or may not relate to the surface acidity that the pens test. I have
> no 
> data of my own on this - other than the fact that I did the same pen tests and
> got the same results as everyone else, hence I concur on the acidity issue.
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> For the rest, to me, Epson has killed EAM from being a candidate for "final
> print" status. It's just cheap paper with good black. I don't expect more of
> it.
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> Antonis