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2013-05-10 by bakerstrten1
Hi I have just received a packet of Epson Hot Press Natural and was surprised to find that it had a lot more texture than the Red River Aurora Natural I have been using. Can anyone tell me if this is normal? Thanks Michael
2013-05-11 by Gary
Yes this is normal. I have used both papers and find the Epson to be excellent. The weight and richness of the blacks on the Epson makes a paper of choice on final prints. I use the Aurora for testing. Thanks, Gary Wagner www.garywagner.com
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2013-05-11 by m venz
Thanks Gary for that confirmation. Yes, I do have better blacks and more shadow detail too. Cheers Michael To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
From: gary@...
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 19:26:22 -0700
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: Smoothness of Epson Hot Press Natural
Yes this is normal. I have used both papers and find the Epson to be
excellent. The weight and richness of the blacks on the Epson makes a paper
of choice on final prints. I use the Aurora for testing.
Thanks,
Gary Wagner
www.garywagner.com
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Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Smoothness of Epson Hot Press Natural
Hi
I have just received a packet of Epson Hot Press Natural and was surprised
to find that it had a lot more texture than the Red River Aurora Natural I
have been using.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal?
Thanks
Michael
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2013-05-11 by Michael-K
Each paper has its place. The Epson HPN has deeper blacks while the RR AFA has a whiter base. HPN has more texture but not as much as CPN (cold press nat.). I recently found that printing an image that relies on a lot of darker to black tones, the HPN excells while the AFA looks weak. Conversely, when printing a winter image of a bush in snow, I couldn't get the HPN to deliver a print I was satisfied with (after having been enamored with it for the blacks), so I somewhat reluctantly ran a sheet of AFA through the printer and found exactly what I was looking for. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]