Digital BW, The Print

Hello Keith,

>...UNUSABLE for any serious imagery -- including 
>proofing of PhotoRag or Museo, etc. 

I tend to agree.  I still have some EAM remaining, which I use as
proofing for PR, but it will run out in a few weeks.  Today Steve K.
came over to my house with some HWM and we made a print on both.  I
can say right away that if I had to use HWM it would make my work more
difficult and time consuming.  From what I gather the new EEM at least
looks similar to HWM, if not actually the same coating.  If so, then
this is indeed a step backwards.

For proofers like me it means that I would have to bring PR into the
proofing process much earlier in the work up, increasing my costs
significantly.  For people who rely on EAM for final prints it's a
disaster.

> I would ask that anyone with contacts at EPSON etc., do as I am
> and push them so we can get both:
> 1) A straight answer on the changes
> 2)Some kind of part # marking that differentiates these products by
> whatever factor is making their properties jump all over the map
>batch number, date of production, substrate source, whatever.)

I agree.  When the batch of yellowish EAM was released it eventually
was isolated to a certain batch.  Let's hope something similar is at
work here.  Don't give up just yet.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm