Digital BW, The Print

Yeah, so proprietary it's the same in 3 brands of paper...anyone know who
the real manufacturer is?  Permajet don't MAKE any paper at all.


> From: kenstrain2000 <kenstrain2000@...>

> 
>> Looks like tiny fragments of glass sparkling in the light.
> 
> Would that be 
> 
> "ImageLife's proprietary coating is a non toxic silica binder" ?
> 
> (ref Permajet pdf catalogue p5)
> 
>  - I'd thought (not very seriously though) that they meant silicate
> binder (as silicates seem more likely to bind ...) but perhaps they
> really do mean silica in which case they are little bits of glass.
> 
> I imagine they are not meant to be visible, but I can see them in a
> sheet of "Omega" from a recent batch. The ink does not seem to adhere
> to/cover perhaps a few dozen tiny spots per square cm, but only one or
> two of them per square cm are what I'd call objectionable - to be
> honest I had not noticed them until trying somewhat brighter light
> than my normal display - at which point the eboni was also starting to
> look a bit light too.  The bigger ones are definitely seen to glint.
> 
> ps. my vision is not perfect, and this inspection was aided only by my
> glasses, but in bright light (not calibrated).
> 
> I'm not sure, but delta looks better on a small sample of sheets.
> 
> Ken