Digital BW, The Print

Thanks again, Paul, especially for the good news about the prints 
made on Hahnemuhle PhotoRag with the EAM curves looking good. I like 
the look and feel of those papers, and for some purposes I'm 
intrigued by their coated-both-sides "Duo".

If you conveniently can, I hope you'll post some as you go along 
about the details of your expected preservation project.

Sam


>Sam,
>
>You wrote:
>
> >I knew there was a blotch problem w/Museo but didn't
> >realize it was that bad.
>
> >Is it also that bad with the Media Street color ink set you use
> >(Gen3?) too or just with quad tones?
>
>I don't know.  I haven't printed any Gen 3 lately, as that was the CIS that
>killed my 1160.  (This is not a reflection on Gen 3 but on old CIS's.)  I'll
>probably try a color inkset that includes the tougher yellow and the VM
>black for my next (filled-cart) color inkset.
>
> >Do you need a distinct (from EAM) set of curves for Eclipse Satine
>
>I confess I've not done enough with this paper to say.  I had some samples
>and tested them, and have never gotten around to buying more.  An expected
>museum preservation job will change that.
>
> >and for the Hahnemuhle PhotoRags
>
>I have some samples for others that look excellent with the default EAM
>profile.
>
> >I'm using Sepia-Neutral or Gen4 on 1160s if that matters. And on the
> >old photos for which I use Sepia-Neutral, the blacks seem never to be
> >very black, if that matters.
>
>That is one of the reasons I don't like Museo.  The blacks are weak.  But,
>they are also weak on Eclipse Satine (and they faded fast on the only
>Hahnemuhle paper I tested).
>
>I sure wish there were a way to do accelerated paper testing (as opposed to
>image fading).  Truth is, we just don't know whether these other papers will
>really last longer than EAM or not.  For my own family photos, I just use
>EAM.  But for museums or others, I'm more comfortable saying the paper is
>"acid-free" cotton/rag, as opposed to "lignin-free" wood pulp (EAM), even
>though the later can be archival.
>
> > Maybe that's why I haven't noticed the
> >blotchiness. But of course some old photos are themselves blotchy.
>
>True.  Their blacks usually were not that great either.  My experience is
>that the digital reproductions make the old photos look almost too good to
>be believable as old photos.
>
>Paul
>http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
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