Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Kobrin" <skobrin@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Perma Jet Portrait Classic


> Politics and free markets aside, my original question was
whether
> anyone knows of anything in the Perma Jet coating that would
make it
> worth more that the basic H. rag.
>
> Steve

First of all I'm surprised that Hahnemuhle delivers raw substrate
to be coated by another party for sale outside the Hahnemuhle
distribution chain. Hahnemuhle's paper mill couldn't keep up with
demand for their own channels (including the rebranded papers).
I'm told that the mill is the bottleneck in HM's production,
could even be that they buy raw stock from other mills.
There's much more profit in selling inkjet coated paper than in
selling the raw stock. Enough old paper mills in Europe that can
deliver the raw stuff for low prices but not the right coating
(Lana, Magnani, Fabrioni, Schut).

Few coatings rival the quality of the Hahnemuhle coating. It has
its flaws but in general it is the best for image quality.

So I guess it is either a rebranded Hahnemuhle paper or a
substrate from another company but then it should be good news
that the Perma Jet coating is as good as it sounds.

Ernst