Digital BW, The Print

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, digikdm wrote:

> In my experience the Hahnemuhle photorag is closer to EEM than Epson 
> Velvet Fine Art(EVFA) in overall texture and brightness. 

> The Dmax appears to be about the same for all three papers from visual
> inspection alone.

What ink are you using?  I definitely see a differnce in Dmax between EEM and PhotoRag when using UltraChrome ink.  I plan to try EVFA on Ron's recommendation.

> By the way, is the Hahnemuhle printable on either side????
> If only one side is printable, it's next to impossible to tell which 
> side is the printable surface. 

> For all I know, the few prints I've 
> made on Hahnemuhle could have been made on the wrong side. Given that 
> possibility , even the nonprintable side closely approximates EEM.
>  

I've printed on the wrong side of PhotoRag with PiezoTone ink and it results in a horrible looking image with poor Dmax.  To test which side is printable, try the tongue test.  If your tongue sticks, it is the printable side.

--Tom