Digital BW, The Print

On 6/4/02 8:24 PM, "Bob Obenland" <bobenland@...> wrote:

>> Robert Morrison wrote
>> In my opinion they are more neutral than the original Conetech inks.  They
>> do vary in their tone across papers.  I'd say it parallels the original
> inks
>> with the Hahnemuhle (e.g., Orwell, Photorag) and Legion (e.g., Somerset
>> Enhanced and Concorde Rag) papers being warmer than others (e.g., Museo,
>> Eclipse, Osprey, EAM, etc.).  I just printed on about 20 different papers
>> with the Piezotones using my 7000 last night...the inks didn't look bag on
>> one.  Hahnemuhle has broken the 1.8 dmax barrier.  The one I just can't
> get
>> enough of is a Gampi Japanese Paper...rice paper thin...simply beautiful
>> with the new inks.
> 
> Where do you get the Gampi Japanese Paper?
> 
Www.hiromipaper.com

The one I love is HM-5 Gampi-shi.  Its incredibly light and strong...and
amazingly gives a 1.53 dmax given that its uncoated...actually I think the
sizing agent is just good with the inks and acts as a coating.  It's
available in 25 x38" sheets. I've tried about 30 or 40 different Japanese
papers and this is by far the most printable. I've made books with ethereal
motion images and they are show stoppers.  The stuff is tricky...but not
impossible to feed in a desktop printer...but the 7000 sucks it right down
without any problem.

Robert

PS If you are ever in LA I'd love to take you to meet Hiromi...she's the
best and her store is a paper-o-philes heaven (or hell when the credit card
bill comes).