Digital BW, The Print

Mike,

I agree it is one of the nicest papers I have seen. The color of the 
base and the texture seem just about ideal to me. The nice thing is 
that the Eclipse Satine 190 is almost identical in color and surface 
and is also double sided. Between the two you have an excellent match 
of working print paper and final heavy art paper.

The bad news is that it does not accept Piezo inks well at all! I 
will save what I have to try with the MIS VM.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Michael J. Kravit" 
<kravit@b...> wrote:
> I received a box of 8.5x11 Bright Cube Eclipse Velvet, 350 gsm, 
> Bright White, Double Sided paper today. This evening I ran a few 
> sheets through the 7000 with Paul Roarks Curves and the MIS 
Variable 
> Tone inks.
> 
> The reults are actually very nice. I don't have a densitometer, but 
I 
> may scan it and compare it to Torchon. The standard EAM curve works 
> well. At first the denser areas looked darker and had a shelf at 
75%, 
> but after a very few minutes the paper dried and the curve apears 
to 
> be linear and well distributed.
> 
> The paper has a lovely surface that when looked at with a 4x loupe 
is 
> reminiscent of velvet. The surface is not perfectly smooth, but has 
a 
> very delicate texture like Torchon, but 90% smoother. Much like 
Epson 
> Watercolor paper, but smoother.
> 
> When printing without the Roark curve in Grayscale the paper hides 
> much of the standard dot dither. It receives the MIS inks very 
> nicely. I understand that the results with Piezo inks are not 
nearly 
> as good.
> 
> I made a Chaco Canyan landscape scene print on the Eclipse Velvet. 
> The print (when dry) had a lovely smooth glow. No harsh shadow 
areas. 
> Blacks seem adequate, not Torchonesque, more like the dmax of a 
fine 
> platinum print. The MIS Variable Tone inks offer a myriad of 
> possibilities with this paper.
> 
> The Eclipse Velvet is a nice white color. Not blue and not yellow. 
It 
> is a shade whiter than Torchon. Quite nice! When I hold a sheet of 
> the Epson Fine Art Smooth next to it, the Epson Fien Art Smooth is 
> yellow/green in color (yuch, I never noticed that before).
> 
> Another paper with possibility.
> 
> Mike