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Re: [Digital BW] Eclipse Satine icc

2001-09-08 by Todd Flashner

Jerry,

I concur with this post in it's entirety. I'm also experiencing the
fragility of Torchon. Anyway, thanks, I just needed to know if my results
were atypical. Now I can just decide.

Todd

> Todd, I just made the prints.
> 
> If you don't look at them side by side, the Eclipse looks great, just
> like the EAM and Epson Watercolor.
> When you put all three side by side, Its an odd sight. The eclipse paper
> is so much whiter than the Epson papers, it looks like they have the
> same deep black. When you look closely, the Epson Watercolor and
> Archival are the tiniest bit blacker, but the papers are ivory in
> comparison to Eclipse, so the Eclipse looks like a nicer print.
> 
> I guess you pays your money and takes your choice!
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Torchon paper has good blacks, but I'm now experiencing an unacceptable
> scuffing with this paper. You have to handle it VERY carefully, the big
> texture highs and lows tend to rub off when you shuffle prints.
> 
> I guess there is no such thing as an ideal paper.

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