Digital BW, The Print

For the hot press version, I get something in the range 1.47-1.51, depending on the paper and ink batch. The cold press version is about 1.53-1.55 and it is has a more consistent behavior. If you like the coarseness of its surface, it has a very nice response in terms of contrast and shadow details. On par, if not better, than Arches watercolor. For comparison, with Arches watercolor I get a d-max in the range of 1.55-1.59. 
The worst sample of HP that I got was from Jerry's Artarama. I ended up using it only as a proofing paper.  Although, it could have been just a bad batch. Blick's quality has been much better, in my opinion.

Both versions take easily 100% ink load from an Epson 7800 with Eboni. I have tried overloading the Eboni adding pure pigment dispersion to it, with no change in d-max.

Ciao,

  Mantinieri 

http://www.mantinieri.com



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> "Mantinieri" <mantinieri@> wrote:
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> > Speaking of tones, one reason why I like so much Magnani Pescia is because of the uniformity of the tones with diluted Eboni: Lab-B ranges between 2.5 and 3.6 everywhere except the two lightest and darkest patches.
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> So, it's looking like this is available here.  What dmax are you getting from it before coating?  I looks like I need to explore this.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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