Digital BW, The Print

The "infinity" is a coated inkjet paper, I believe.  Some conservators
believe the coatings are the weak links in prints, at least when carbon
pigments are used.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:00 AM, faeofavalon <faeofavalon@...> wrote:

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> I'm curious... What is the advantage to printing on traditonal uncoated
> Arches over Canson's infinity Arches aquarelle rag? I print on the latter
> and it looks beautiful and I believe there are no OBAs correct?
>
> - AnnMarie Tornabene
> www.annmarietornabene.net
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m, Paul Roark
> <roark.paul@...> wrote:
> >
> > The yellowing is probably due to OBAs fading, not the fact that the paper
> > was a coated paper. http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/ has lots of data
> on
> > various paper white color changes. Some papers with OBAs do OK. Natural
> > paper bleaches. I favor Epson Hot Press Natural, a non-OBA paper that
> does
> > bleach a fair amount, but that really does not bother me much. (BTW,
> > please make a donation to http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/)
> >
> > You seem to be going the QTR route. Good. You need a RIP to properly
> > print on Arches.
> >
> > How to load QTR (on a Mac, it sounds like) and get a 3880 supported will
> > need feedback from those users. You may want to do a quick search on
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/messages
> >
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > ... I opened a matte a couple of
> > > months ago to show a couple how my images are mounted in the mattes
> and was
> > > greeted by a glaring yellow border on a print made on Entrada Bright
> > > White....
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > On another topic, I can't get the Install3880.command to work. It
> tells me
> > > "QuadToneRIP does not support printer 3880". Any suggestions? (Yes, I
> have
> > > the machine connected via USB.)
> > >
> > >
> >
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