Digital BW, The Print

On 6/16/03 5:23 PM, "johngeyles" <jge@...> wrote:

>Inkjetart sez the Eclipse papers are "permanently unavailable".

Yeap that's really weird.  I just bought a bunch of it from inkjet mall last
week and there was someone else on the list also selling it within the last
week or two.  Inkjetart was supposed to be manufacturing it after Brightcube
went under.  Not sure what is going on...it was definitely the best value in
a premium paper.  You might also look into Crane Museo or some of the Hawk
Mountain coated papers (e.g., Merlin coats nicely).  These aren't a good
performing uncoated as the photorag...but they tend to be cheaper and look
just as good once coated.


> The Hahnemuhle Photo Rag looks good (VERY expensive, but hey,
> you gotta pay to play).   In Paul Roark's article he talks only
> about EEM and the Eclipse Satine.  I wonder which rod  (#30 or
> #15) is recommended for the Photo Rag ?

#30.  Paul loves EEM...but it causes a lot of problems with coating (which
has talked about) because it is so light weight.  You will pay more for the
heavier papers initially...but will have a much higher success rate.
> 
>> but provided you stick with 13x19 paper, coating shouldn't
>> be a problem
> 
> I've just got a 2200, so I'm stuck with 13x19 for now.
> 
Didn't know whether you were doing panoramics.  I've coated things up to 36"
long...but it takes some practice.

Robert