Digital BW, The Print

Truman: This is amazing. I pulled out an image I just printed on all
three papers. Critically comparing the HPR and EEM prints side by
side, I simply can see no difference in the blacks, shadow detail or
highlights. And, the base of the EEM is very slightly whiter than the
HPR. All different from your observations. Maybe they vary in
production batches. Anyway, very puzzling. 
Bob Michaels

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Truman Prevatt
<tprevatt@m...> wrote:
> I find the paper base of EEM or at least the EAM I tried to be warmer 
> than I like. I prefer the base of Somerset Velvet Photo Enhanced, but 
> I'm not fond of it's texture. I have fond photo rag to be my favorite 
> paper - of course it would have to be it cost the most.  The base is 
> cooler than the EEM and is acceptable. It has superior blacks, good 
> shadow detail and as good of highlight detail as the Somerset. On photo 
> rage the blacks are deep and the highlights glow and the base is
neutral 
> enough to get a good cool print, like the selenium toned prints I spend 
> hours fussing over in the darkroom.
> 
> Truman
> 
> Bob_Michaels wrote:
> 
> >Jerry: not only can I not see a quality difference between HWM & EEM
> >but the exhalted Photo Rag doesn't look any better to my eye. I print
> >the same image consecutively on all three papers and I just can't say
> >HPR looks any better. All three differ, oh so slightly, but none is
> >better. 
> >
> >I even printed HPR on the other side just to make sure I wasn't using
> >the back side. I had it right the first time. 
> >
> >I still try be objective and open minded plus continuing to learn. In
> >that regard, I will say that my hextone prints (Woolf workflow) are
> >now looking better than my Black Only. That wasn't the case last
> >month. Who knows, maybe in the future my prints on big $ HPR will look
> >better than on cheaper paper. 
> >
> >I'm still open to ideas.
> >
> >Bob Michaels
> >  
> >
> 
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