Digital BW, The Print

"john" <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
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> Probably some form of Titanium White as is used in oil paints and acrylics. 


That would be my guess also.  I once tried spraying some matte paper with a suspension of titanium dioxide, but in my experiment it actually made the paper less white -- not sure why.  At any rate, it's very interesting that they've found a way to whiten with pigments. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 




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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tboleyyh" <tyler@> wrote:
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> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@> wrote:
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> > > > I have switched over the Canson paper for many of my surfaces ... and in all their high-end matte papers are not dye obas but pigments, so it is said.
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> > > Do they state that on their web page or elsewhere?..
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> > from SOP website, I didn't look any farther..
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> > "Internally Buffered Acid Free Museum Grade Paper - NO OBA's"
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> > "Whiteness Controlled with Natural White Pigments to ensure consistency of Shade for Generations"
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