Digital BW, The Print

I tried a sample sheet I had of the Soft White yesterdayy. In fact I 
printed the very same file on several papers (Bright white, Soft 
White, Royal Renaissance (photo rag), EAM).

Needless to say, in my opinion, Photo rag is the hands down winner. 
Bright white is a close second, followed by EAM and Soft White. 
I found the Soft White a bit flat and warm. rather dull really. 
But that's not to say a more skilled printer can't coax better 
results out of the paper ?

Photo Rag (Royal renaissance) just seems to have such greater depth, 
black-ness, and is even sharper (but I may be imagining that ?), that 
it's hard to accept less.

Anyone found a more economical equivalent ?
Frank


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> I haven't used the soft white.  How are the blacks compared to the 
> Bright white?
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> Jerry
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> John Luke wrote:
> > I was looking at some Eclipse paper based on Jerrys suggestions. 
The bright white has whiteners added, the soft white does not. I 
wonder if the one with whiteners/brighteners 
> > added would ratchet in down ( in terms of stability) a couple of 
pegs to the level of  Epson Matte Heavyweight (that paper has 
whiteners added also).
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