Digital BW, The Print

Right, but the surfaces were far too different to be attributable to
"Moulds". 
There was something else afoot. The texture and feel of the two papers
were far apart. Could be mislabeled? Dunno, haven't tried it lately. 

Are you now saying that Wells river (william turner lite) is no longer
sandy, and has no flaking troubles?

Jerry


Nij aoth44 wrote:
> 
> Jerry,
> 
> We've gone over this before ;)  William Turner comes in two weights - 190
> and 310... and ConeTech even admit to Wells River being WT 190 (to my
> recollection anyhow!) Which is not to say that there haven't been some
> surface tesxture problems with the paper in the past. Also, mould-made
> papers do have surface texture changes over time as the moulds wear down...
> this is normal.
> 
> I think it was about this time last year that several people raised issue
> with Cone Wells River paper - I haven't heard any recently (apart from your
> comments which I think are based on your 'historic' experience rather than
> recent???)
> 
> Best regards,
> nij
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...]
> > Sent: 10 April 2002 20:58
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Hahnemule William Turner
> >
> >
> > Wells River is NOT the same as william turner. It is very thin,
> > sandpaper like, very gritty, and flakes off like crazy. VERY deep
> > blacks, though.
> >
> > Royal Jazz, Wells River, and Luminos Woven Fiber are the same paper.
> >
> > If you try it, brush it down really good before printing on it.
> >
> > Jerry
> 
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