Digital BW, The Print

It's in the last lot of Permajet I bought about a month ago and in the
sample sheets from Mandev (the Eterna branded paper).  I don't think
anything has been changed.  Looks like tiny fragments of glass sparkling in
the light.


> From: Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:18:04 +0100
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Glitter in some paper coatings (Innova, Eterna,
> Permajet)
> 
> Steve Kale wrote:
>> Some of us here in the UK just participated in a B&W print exchange which
>> highlighted an 
>> "issue" with certain papers.   One of the prints was on "Innova Smooth Cotton
>> Natural White 
>> 315gsm cotton rag paper".  I was shocked to see this print flickering in the
>> light as though 
>> there were extremely fine grains of glitter in the paper!  Once noticed it
>> was quite distracting.
>> (Lighting conditions are 4700K/300lux)  Knowing that Innova's cotton papers
>> are basically 
>> the same as both Permajet's Alpha/Omega range and Mandev UK's Eterna Excel
>> range I 
>> decided to take another look at these papers too.  Sure enough they all
>> exhibit the same very
>> fine glitter effect in their coating.  Thankfully HPR did not have the same
>> problem.  Anyone
>> else noticed this?  This pretty much writes these papers off for me (although
>> I can buy HPR 
>> rolls from Jim Doyle in the US cheaper than I can buy any of these papers in
>> the UK anyway).
>> 
>> Steve
> 
> I have mentioned it right from the beginning. As I understand
> it Jim has brought it to the attention of Innova then. But I
> do not know whether you got old stock in that print exchange
> or if whether has never been changed in later batches.
> 
> 
> Ernst
>