Digital BW, The Print

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Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:07 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Hahnemuhle paper - printing side


> I've got some William Turner paper from Hahnemuhle.  From what
I've
> researched, only one side is coated but for the life of me, I
can't tell yet
> which side is coated.  It's not like EAM, where the coated side
is bright
> white and the non-coated side is more of a creamy color.  On
the William
> Turner paper, both sides are very bright white, with maybe the
most subtle
> difference between them.  About the most significant difference
I can see
> between the two sides is that one side has more of a patterned
textured look
> about it (like perhaps it came from between two rollers) and
the other side
> has more of a non-patterned white washed look to it.  I'm
guessing that the
> non-patterned side is the coated side but it's very difficult
to tell.
>
> Does anyone have experience with this paper and found a way to
identify which
> side is coated and which is not?
>
> Thanks for any help.

Scrape with a scalpel knife at a corner on both sides. If you get
powder it is the coating side, if there are small fibers included
you are at the back. That's what I use on several papers when I'm
in doubt.

Ernst