Digital BW, The Print

Carl,

You didn't mention, but I assume you used the matte black UC ink in your
dMax tests and not the Photo Black?
Best Regards,

David R. Spielman

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Schofield [mailto:scho@...]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:15 PM
To: digitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Premier (Ultrasmooth) Fine Art Paper Test & Profiles



  I purchased a 20 sheet box ($26.95) of the Premier Imaging UltraSmooth
  Fine Art paper (325 gsm) for evaluation from photowarehouse.biz and
  also a 50 sheet box ($12.95) of the Premier Imaging Premium Matte (210
  gsm) paper.  I purchased the latter paper to meet the $35 minimum order
  requirement.  The Premier Fine Art (PFA) is a sturdy, off white color,
  no OB, coated on both sides, cotton rag paper.  Surface is very smooth
  with a very slight texture on one side (the difference in texture
  between the two sides is much less pronounced compared to Eclipse
  Satine).  The Premier Premium Matte (PPM) is also double sided with
  similar surface texture characteristics, but is a brighter white color
  and somewhat flimsy feeling for a double sided 210 gsm paper.  I made
  profiles for both papers with the Epson 2200, UC inks, and QuadToneRIP
  2.0 (beta 8).  Printing characteristics were similar for both papers
  and no problems were observed with mottling or burnishing in the
  blacks.  I haven't noticed any flaking problems yet, but it has been
  quite humid here and I haven't deliberately tried to rough up the
  papers.  Paper base and dmax values were as follows:

  PFA:  base 0.02, dmax 1.60
  PPM: base 0.05, dmax 1.59

  Prints look quite good on both papers with smooth tonal transitions and
  good blacks (despite the ho-hum dmax values).  If you can deal with the
  light weight of the PPM it is a good value as a proofing paper.  The
  PFA is nice, but I'm waiting to compare results and prices from other
  variants of this paper (particularly Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art).
  The QTR profiles and density data for these papers are available in the
  PPM and PFA archives in the QuadToneRIP 2.0 folder on my filesharing
  web site:
  http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing2.html

  Carl


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