Digital BW, The Print

What I have taken away from this discussion is Epson seems to have 
problems with quality control on their papers. Every once in awhle a 
yellow batch comes our. Right now it is "blue." Is this common with 
Epson EEM?  I never skimped in the Darkroom on paper - Oriental or 
Brillance vs. Kodak or Ilford. The paper and film are the least 
expensive part of most photographs. I might spend more on gas getting to 
a photo site than I do on paper.

T

Seth Rossman wrote:

>Geez. See?  So many variables.  Beyond everyone seeing things a little
>differently, if we take Roark's densitometer readings into account, the
>papers would look different. Both are equally "bright," but one is magenta;
>the othe blue. Late afternoon sunlight --in  February-- is extremely warm,
>so would make them look different. Ever so slightly.  
>
>What do brighteners do in the densitometer equation? My educated guess is
>that the X-rite sees them differently (more equally) than we do while
>holding the paper out in daylight.
>
>Seems to me some of the Mitsubishi papers were magenta, so I quit using them
>right away.  I think someone said last week that they do some of the
>coatings for Epson, so who knows.
>
>Thanks for the feedback. 
>
>=From: Bob_Michaels 
>
>=Mine was viewed originally under bright flourescent but one of 
>=those with the color of incadescent. But, I just took them 
>=outside to view them in late afternoon daylight and the 
>=conclusions are the same. HWM is a tad brighter than EEM. 
>=Photo Rag is the creamiest of all, and by a  noticeable amount. 
>=
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