Digital BW, The Print

David,
   I always buy my Arches 140# cold press 100 at a time.  That way they come packaged by Arches in bags of 25.  Then I do a custom printer profile which will hold for the batch.
   I am guessing there would not be any stickers when it comes from the factory.  The last time I ordered I paid $3.60 per sheet.  Cheap Joe's has them on their website today for $3.80 per sheet in lots of 100.  
   Sometimes I can print on Arches and it looks wonderful and other images do not look good at all.  I generally print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag.  
   Aw, come on, tell us what this glow within paper is.  If you like Photo Rag I can tell you how to get Photo Rag in giant sheets for half the cost per square foot of smaller sheets.  And guaranteed no damaged corners.  Just an idea.

BertGF
www.cameraflora.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
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> From: Paul <roark.paul@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:40:38 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Adhesive stickers on Arches Hot Press
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> >>> The painters I respect the most in my various art groups almost always come
> back to Arches as being the best (and it's cheaper than good inkjet paper). It
> can't, of course, match the smoothness of a coated inkjet paper, but for large
> sizes on the wall, it looks good. Likewise the dmax is not up to the best coated
> papers, but it's better than some inkjet art papers, and, again, fine for its
> intended use. 
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> I realized long ago that brightness and dmax don't really mean all that
> much, especially dmax. Arches is not very bright and can't get all that
> black, but the prints are just richer and have more depth than the coated,
> pricey papers I have tried and I have spent a small FORTUNE trying them. I
> have also found one other paper that simply glows from within, but I am
> keeping that little jewel to myself!!   ;-)
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> Jerry's has agreed to replace 40 of the 50 defective sheets. They will talk
> to the distributor about the rest. This thread and never buying from them
> again are my revenge!
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> Also, Jerry's claims that prices on Arches have doubled in the last several
> months. Can anyone confirm this?
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> David Kachel
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