Digital BW, The Print

No, it doesn't look like cotton paper.  It has more sheen/gloss  
compared to Hahnemuhle PR Satin and Premier Luster Rag and is close  
to the soft gloss of an air dried silver FB print, but because the  
coating is thin and uneven there are annoying differential  
reflections when viewed under oblique lighting (this is also visible  
on an unprinted sheet).  So, sort of a GD problem, but in this case  
not because of the pigment inks but rather the thin paper coating  
that shows the paper texture.  This can be minimized by spraying or  
waxing the prints, but I don't want to have to deal with that.  If I  
look at the back side of a sheet of HPR, silver rag, and one of my  
Oriental Seagull silver FB prints they all look similar in terms of  
texture, but the printing surfaces are a different story.  They need  
to put a smoother and slightly thicker coating on the silver rag to  
eliminate the GD problem.  Other things I didn't like about this beta  
paper were:  Too stiff - need to uncurl before printing or will get  
head slap on edges in the 2400.  Paper color is too warm for my  
tastes (although non-OBA paper lovers will like the color) - I'm  
doing all of my comparisons to prints I made on Oriental Seagull air  
dried FB which has a bright white color (and still does after 30+  
years) with a SMOOTH soft gloss.  The silver rag paper base and  
coating are slightly acidic, based on results from my pH paper  
testing pen with the samples I received.

Carl

On Jan 3, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Steve Kale wrote:

> Very nice.  And this looks like a cotton paper?  I know it has a  
> cotton base
> but can you still see that it's cotton or does it look more RC-like?
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>> From: Carl Schofield <scho@...>
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>> Dmax 2.3 with MIS K4 PK in an Epson 2400.
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>> I'm getting up to 2.39D for K3 ( 0.05D for paper). It's on a regular
>> print with ABW.
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>> Pawel
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