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Re: [Digital BW] Piezotones--Let the reports begin

2002-06-05 by Bob Obenland

> Robert Morrison wrote
> 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).

Great! Thanks. Been trying japanese papers on and off for a while.
Found a couple I liked but the fibers did tend to get caught (or swept) by
the
heads of my 3000... sometimes leaving inked "hairs" dangling from the print.
;-))

Thanks
Bob Obenland
New Hampshire

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