Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I dug around in my paper drawer and found an unused package of Somerset 
Photo Enhanced paper (225 gsm).  I believe this may be the same paper 
you are using and it is #2 in the list of Somerset papers in the list 
at the link you provided.  I'm not sure if it is the "Velvet" or 
"Textured" surface, since it was purchased a couple of years ago.  The 
surface looks very similar to the uncoated Somerset Velvet (250 gsm) 
which I also have but haven't used.  I profiled the SPE paper for QTR 
2.0 and uploaded the profiles to my filesharing site. The profiles are 
in the "SPE.sit" archive, inside the QuadToneRIP2.0 folder.  This paper 
does not perform particularly well with the UC inks and it has a dmax 
(1.51) even lower than BES (1.56).  The blacks are not very deep and 
also exhibit some mottling.  This is not the same paper as the Epson 
velvet fine art, which is reported to have a much higher dmax, closer 
to that for EEM.  The MIS Ultratone (UT) and Epson Ultrachrome (UC) 
inks are both pigment inks.

Carl
On Saturday, August 2, 2003, at 08:12  PM, kiwikale wrote:

> Hmmmm.....how would I find out the paper's dMax?  If it is any help 
> (UK to US) this
> paper is sold exclusively by Legion in the US as Somerset Photo 
> Enhanced Velvet
> (there is also a Textured variation).   I believe it is also the same 
> paper as Epson
> Velvet Fine Art (not available in the UK).  See:
>
> http://www.inkjetart.com/news/archive/IJN_11-05-02.html
>
> (This page raises another question - are the UT inks pigment or dye?)  
> I am not at all
> familiar with Brightcube Eclipse Satine but am I right in assuming 
> from the above
> article that the paper would be closer to Hahnemuhle Photo Rag? (which 
> by the way
> costs at least twice as much as Somerset in the UK).
>
> Thanks again
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
> <scho@m...>
> wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> I haven't used this paper, but if the dmax is relatively low try the
>> the BES profiles.  The approximate relative dmax order for the three
>> paper profiles I made are EEM 1.70, HPR 1.64, BES 1.56.
>>
>> Carl
>> On Saturday, August 2, 2003, at 04:19  PM, kiwikale wrote:
>>
>>> Many thanks to Roy for making all this hard work available and to 
>>> Carl
>>> also for doing
>>> the 2200 profiles.  I have just one question for Carl.  Which of the
>>> three sets of paper
>>> profiles would you recommend for use with Somerset Enhanced Velvet
>>> from St
>>> Cuthberts Mill?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>