Digital BW, The Print

Todd, I think the eclipse blacks are about the same as the Photo Matte from legion, and darker than the Museo.

What black ink do you have with your VT inkset? MIS makes 5 different blacks (that I know of, maybe more). Does it smell like there is
alcohol/glycol in it? If not, you don't have the blackest ink they make.

Jerry

My problem, is a lot of my stuff has large areas of black. If the black areas aren't really deep, it spoils the print. Like you, I'd LOVE a
torchon that was flat.

I think Eclipse and Photo Matte are the two closest, along with the Epson Archival, of course.

>
> With the Eclipse, how do you find the blacks using the VT? So far I'm
> finding them about as deep as Museo, but no match for Torchon. Overall it's
> a very nice sheet.
>
> In another post you asked what paper people like best. I'd have to say, so
> far Torchon gives me the greatest sense of depth, and that is important to
> me. I am just so damn ready for a flat Torchon. Doesn't have to be velvet
> smooth, just flat.
>
> Todd
>
> > Todd, I'm betting you will LOVE the new Brightcube Eclipse Satine or Velvet.
> > 300 gsms and 350 gsms, respectively. Fits your qualifications
> > to a t with MIS inks. No, no good for piezo inks.
> >
> > I got the Legion sampler. There are FOUR different Somerset velvets. Haven't
> > tried them all yet.
> >
> > They are:
> >
> > 1.  Somerset Photo Enhanced Velvet Radiant White, 225 gsm, slightly thicker
> > than epson archival matte
> > 2. Somerset Photo Enhanced Textured, Radiant White, 225 gsm, slightly thicker
> > than epson archival matte.
> > 3. Somerset Enhanced Satin, fairly smooth, little texture, 330 gsm, nice and
> > thick!
> > 4. Somerset Enhanced Velvet, 255 gsm, fairly smooth. Note it is not enhanced
> > PHOTO velvet.
> >
> > Their naming procedures are getting more confusing than Epsons!
> >
> > I'll test all these papers now, to see how the blacks are.
> >
> >
> > jerry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> I just made a couple of prints and the blacks don't seem reddish to me
> >> today. I've got to stop working with this stuff in the wee hours of the
> >> morning, when I have no good judgement at all. ;-)
> >>
> >> I'm very happy to have a very workable system, and at the price of these
> >> inks I can afford to mess around.
> >>
> >> Todd
>
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