Digital BW, The Print

uncoated somerset velvet is one of the earliest watercolour papers tried out
for quadtones... it's still a decent paper, if a bit soft (lack of coating).
And was a favourite of Giclee printers

You would probably have to hunt way back in the archives of this, or the old
Epson leben list to find stuff

"Somerset Velvet (250gr)
This paper is the most popular sheet in the Iris Giclee industry for good
reason. It has an amazing whiteness that it's competition and detractors
claim is made from optical brighteners But the truth is that it doesn't use
optical brighteners and is more stable than Arches Watercolor in terms of
whiteness. How do we know? Jon Cone helped develop this sheet with Michael
Ginsburg of Legion Paper in the early 90s. The longevity of this sheet is
well tested and does not adversely effect dye or pigment inkjet inks.
Mould-made in the UK of 100% rag. Neutral pH. The color gamut of this paper
is not as good as coated papers such as the Enhanced Velvet. The results are
soft and are liked by many fine art printers."

etc - as I recall you ahve to play with everything up a fair bit - colour,
saturation, contrast etc.

see

http://www.inkjetart.com/watercolor_printing.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: markroth61 [mailto:mark80905@...]
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:43 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Do not buy this paper...
>
>
> This is the claim MIS makes on its web site about Somerset Velvet
> uncoated paper:
>
> "This is the paper our prestigious testing group has concluded is the
> very best for making fine art Quadtone prints on a 4 color printer."
>
> I believed it, ordered it, and now am stuck with it. This paper gives
> flat results on the used 1160 I just bought (w/mis vm inks),
> regardless of tweaks (EAM works beautifully however). It does take
> colored pastels OK though, so now I will be spending hours hand
> coloring...(maybe good for the eyes to give them a rest). Just wanted
> to warn anyone who might be thinking of throwing any money at this
> claim/paper with hopeful results. (If I'm wrong, and there is a
> fix/tweak/curve someone has come up with for an 1160 to back up the
> above claim, please do tell. (Someone on this list said in an archive
> the paper was "terrible". Wish I had done a deep search on this list
> before wasting 40 bucks...will next time.) Mark R.
>
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