Digital BW, The Print

Jamie,

You wrote:

>Something possessed me to try out ... [uncoated] Somerset Velvet.
>...
> I have ended up with flat, blotchy, and bizarre-cold hued
>prints, even though the VM curve was warm.

>Am I missing something ...

No, I think Somerset Velvet is terrible paper.  As best I can tell, it was
considered good for the older inkjets only because it's low contrast hid the
defects.  It does fade and warm less, but with images as bad as I get from
my printers on SV, it's a moot point.

I'd recommend sticking with the coated papers.  I mostly use EAM.  Other
papers I'd recommend are the Hahnemuhle papers (great blacks -- the only
ones I've tested that are better than EAM -- by about 2%) and Brightcube
Eclipse Satine (acid free and the only coated paper I've fade tested that is
a hair better than EAM).

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com