Digital BW, The Print

Hey Don

A while back, I used a fair amount of Arches Hot Press paper, which 
comes in a number of sizes in watercolor blocks, or in deckeled edge 
sheets.  It is not as white as the Somerset papers.  I was using 
these papers with a 1270 + OEM dyes.  The results were very good.  A 
collegue has of my photos framed on her wall, and it is 2 years old, 
and rock solid in the fade department.  I have read someplace that 
Arches Bright White (?) is also a very good performer.  The Arches 
Hot Press, I can vouch for as an excellent choice for OEM dyes.  I 
might be going back to it for occasional black-ink only printing

Good luck.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Don Eby <don_eby@y...> 
wrote:
> --- Paul Roark <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > Don,
> > 
> > (Second attempt to send -- first one crashed.)
> > 
> > What inkset and printer were you using that
> > gave the blotchiness with
> > Stonehenge?  I have seen that effect with Museo
> > on my 3000, but it does seem
> > to vary with the ink and printer.
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> 
> Paul, 
> 
> I have used it with 2 inks and several printers,
> and to my dismay, all had similar results. I have
> used it with the 7000 and 300 with OEM inks, 1160
> and 980 with MIS FS inks. I originally used
> Stonehenge on the recommendation of Jerry Nevins,
> who at the time used it for his gallery work.
> After using it almost exclusively for several
> months, we spent some time re-evaluating it
> because of the blotchiness. It would seem that
> this thick paper soaks the ink up unevenly, when
> a lot of ink is laid down. Because of this, I
> started to try other uncoated rag papers. I had
> used a Somerset Velvet before, and did not notice
> this same problem. I was looking for a smooth
> paper as well, so I did a side by side comparason
> of several papers. I printed a stepwedge on
> Somerset Velvet, Somerset Textured (a rougher
> version), Somerset Satin (smooth like
> Stonehenge), Stonehenge, and Rives BFK.
> Unfortunately, Somerset Satin was blotchy like
> the Stonehenge was. (As was Somerset Textured.)
> It was about a year ago, but I think the Rives
> performed the best (with respect to this issue).
> Since then, I have gone back to EAM for right
> now, as I am also looking for a smooth uncoated
> paper. 
> 
> BTW, was the Museo that you were using with the
> 3000 an uncoated paper?
> 
> Don
> 
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