Digital BW, The Print

Joe,

You cannot get a print any brighter than the paper - period.  The 
brightest paper I have encountered is Eclipse Satine Bright White.  
It is 100% cotton rag (so it has good "archival" properties).  You 
can get the paper at inkjetgoodies.com.  But you may want to hurry, 
because the supplies are limited.  Other bright white papers are Red 
River Premium Matte and Legion Photo Matte.  But both of these papers 
are wood derived (acid free, but not "archival").  All of these 
papers print very well with MIS VM inks; you will have to tweak the 
curves for each paper.

Regards.

Shilesh


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jbach347 
<joebach@p...>" <joebach@p...> wrote:
> I am considering using the MIS VM hextone inkset in an Epson 2000 
and Epson archival matte paper.
> 
> However, my first question relates to any quad or hextone ink set.
> 
> 1. With a quad or hextone inkset how does one get bright whites in 
a print, a white brighter than the whiteness of the paper it is 
printed on?   All the inks are shades of black, so how can one get a 
white that is brighter than the paper printed on?
> 
> 2. What is a good archival paper that is whiter than the Epson 
archival matte paper?
> 
> 3. Is there any metamerism using MIS quad or hextone inks on Epson 
archival matter paper?   Note: Using MIS color inks, I don't see 
metamerism on Epson archival matte paper.  I only see the metamerism 
if I print on a glossy paper?