Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., mwesley250@e... wrote:
> Antonis,
> 
> Aren't the ConeTech Matte and the Lyson Photo Matte rebranded 
> Hahnemule Photo Matte?


Yes, they are as far as I know. They look the same and weigh the same.

> 
> They are very close to EAM but not as stiff. Unfortunately they both 
> failed the pH pen test and gave readings similiar to EAM. Steadman 
> reported the same.
> 
> Their claim to being archival is no better than Epson's.


This had been debated at the piezo list and Jon said something to the effect 
that they had seen no problems with ct matte either fading or shifting to green. 
This may or may not relate to the surface acidity that the pens test. I have no 
data of my own on this - other than the fact that I did the same pen tests and 
got the same results as everyone else, hence I concur on the acidity issue.

For the rest, to me, Epson has killed EAM from being a candidate for "final 
print" status. It's just cheap paper with good black. I don't expect more of it.



Antonis