Digital BW, The Print

Yes - matte black ink and I also neglected to note that this was letter  
size paper.

On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 11:11  PM, David R. Spielman wrote:

> 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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