Digital BW, The Print

Tyler,

I think that it has to do with the strange way paper has been 
distributed for centuries. The paper manufacturers never sold 
directly but simply supplied paper to converting companies to be cut 
and packaged under their own label.

My experience so far has been that the papers under different names 
print pretty much the same. Maybe they have done a coating change. 
Hahnemule is supposed to be pretty reputable so I would be surprised 
if they were selling "seconds". Give Media Street a call and see what 
they say.

If you go into the "Files" section in the "Paper database" folder 
there is a spreadsheet and word documents that give all the different 
Hahnemule name equivalent that Antonis tracked down. Hope that helps.

Martin



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...> 
wrote:
> My testing on Conetech Wells River, Lumijet Woven Fiber, and Media 
Street R=
> oyal Jazz indicated that they are all William 
> Turner 190. They seemed identical in every way. I confess I tend to 
shop ar=
> ound a bit for paper, recently Media Street 
> lowered their prices even lower than Wells River, so I bought a box 
of Roya=
> l Jazz. Though it looks the same, it's printing 
> quite differently (worse), more so than normal batch differences.
> I'm just wondering if anyone else has been using these papers from 
the diff=
> erent sellers, and if you've run into any 
> problems.
> I find this rebranding thing a constant hassle, I wish these people 
would j=
> ust tell us exactly what the paper is.
> What's the big deal? I'm wondering if Hahnemühle is selling batches 
that fa=
> iled to meet manufactures' tolerances at lower 
> prices to some of these outlets on the condition they are 
rebranded, allowi=
> ng them to underprice the others..
> Anyway, any other Wells River users out there with experience with 
these ot=
> her "versions"?
> Tyler