Digital BW, The Print

Sunday, December 29, 2002, 8:40:58 AM, Charles Bandes <byronbulb@...> wrote:

CBbyc> I saw these at my local shop - wasn't crazy about them. The Adamant
CBbyc> paper is uncoated, which makes the prints seem kinda anemic, and the
CBbyc> binding itself is, well, non-beautiful. If these were _way_ cheaper,
CBbyc> they would be great, but they seem to be the most expensive option for
CBbyc> this post-bound album concept, and I really don't think they are worth
CBbyc> the $$. 

CBbyc> Haven't seen the digitalartsupply albums yet, it's quite possible
CBbyc> they're just as bad (or worse) 

I saw these lately:

<http://www.kolo-usa.com/products/inkjet.html>

at The Art Store (http://www.artstore.com/)

The albums were pretty nice, sort of a canvas exterior in a variety of
colors (11x14 size about $40). Also available in leather for a bit
more. Sets of 10 ink jet refill pages go for about $14. I did not buy
the pages as the sample printed ones they had did not look too great.
Blacks were not very rich, nor was contrast or saturation. The
examples were done in color with an HP printer and the paper looks to
be a matte paper. Unfortunately the Kolo website is not very
forthcoming with details about the paper. I did buy a red album which
came with 10 black pages inside for mounting prints with photo corners
but since that does not look as good as I hoped I'm thinking of
gambling $14 and testing the ink jet pages with both my 870 for color
and my 1160 with MIS FS-N inks for B&W.

Anyone else out there happen to ever try these Kolo pages?

Best regards,
 Richard  

mailto:richard@...

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