Digital BW, The Print

Hi Keith,

No, I have not used any of the newer epson printers such as the C series.
I am mighty upset right now with epson products. I thought
that the old EAM paper was a paper you could always count on to at LEAST 
be the same paper every time I ordered
a bunch.  The EEM seems to be ok for color printing. I have my 1280 and 
Enhanced Generations 4 profiled for Satine Eclipse
paper, and the profile is very useable on the EAM and EEM papers.  There 
isn't much difference in the EEM and EAM
when printing in color, but in black and white, the lesser D max makes 
it nearly unacceptable.  There are many
Hahnemuhle papers that would be just great if they didn't flake so 
badly, especially Welle's River.

This flaking problem has been a headache for at least 6 years for 
Hahnemhule. Why in the hell haven't they fixed
the problem?  Even eclipse flakes badly, unless you really rub down the 
paper HARD before printing, with a soft
cloth.

How many of us would EVER put up with dollar+  a sheet silver 
photographic paper if you just handled the paper
normally and bits of silver began to flake off?  This is a real problem 
that should have been solved a long time ago!

The Torchon, (Royal Riviera), Photo Rag, Wells River, William Turner, 
German Etching, etc. have very acceptable
blacks, but they all flake.  And for the very high prices that are 
charged for these papers, this should NOT be
a problem.

Jerry
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