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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Somerset Enhanced?

2003-05-23 by Tim Atherton

Somerset photo enhanced is/was one of the earlier coated watercolour papers
for inkjet - many of the "old timers" here have used it for quadtones.

it's still a very good paper. In many respects it is fairly similar to H
Photo Rag  - it is possibly a tad warmer and has a little more texture.
Photo rag may also be a touch crisper. It has a very nice look to it though.
Probably because PR prints so close to Epson Enhanced Matt that you can use
EHM for proofing, whereas Somerset Enhanced just needs a little tweaking.

I think what generally happened is a lot of people switched to photo rag
when it came out and have stuck with it.

I still use it every now and then. I did a show about 3 years ago with
Somerset Enhanced and the standard MIS quads. I still have those prints
around and they still look great. two or three have been on my wall (and I
recently saw one on a wall at a friends) and they have stood up to the
window light well.

tim

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