Digital BW, The Print

Sorry, forgot to give you the url for my filesharing site:
http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing2.html

On Sunday, August 3, 2003, at 01:21  PM, Carl Schofield wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>