Digital BW, The Print

What I have found with the Hannemuhle papers is that they scuff a lot
more with Ultrachrome inks than other inksets like Cone Piezzo for
instance that are much tougher. I belive the new formulation of Epson
K3 was partially designed to address this issue and should go a long
way to correcting this tenderness of the inks themselves. I have one
client that says her framer makes her pay an additonal handling fee
for non-sprayed Ultrachrome prints. Her prints always have large areas
of pure black. The Piezzotone prints on the same William Turner paper
don't give them problems. You do need to brush them before printing
though. The Epson Ultrasmooth paper was made for the K2 inks. It
doesn't scuff like that.

As for Legion Matte. I used it for several years as an alternative to
Enhanced Matte. It was great for black and white. It has good gamut
and good dmax. However, it is loaded with brighteners and if left in
the open air for a couple of years will definitely yellow out in the
pure white exposed areas. That freaked me out. This is also true of
Epson Enhanced Matte but not as pronounced because it don't have that
much oba content. If you use L Matte you should put it behind glass or
spray it. I just quit using it altogeter. It's not that cheap either.
If you compare its price to the Innova Smooth Cotton rag there isn't
that much of a price difference when it come to rolls. 

John