Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: [Digital BW] Paper comparison

2003-01-31 by johnkaplan <kaplan@writeme.com>

In black and white I've used Hannemule Photo Rag, Somerset Velvet 
Photo Enhanced, Epson Enhanced Matte and Eclipse papers. The 
Somerset shifts the most toward green and the Eclipse the least. 
However, the Hannemule prints the nicest, with the smoothest 
tonality, in a virtual tie with the Epson, which is the cheapest but 
not truly archival. For rich blacks, the Eclipse, Hannemule and Epson all come 
through well. The Somerset blacks aren't quite as rich.  The Hannemule is 
creamier than either the Epson or the Eclipse Satine. Eclipse is the whitest but 
that's not always preferable in my experience. . .

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.