Digital BW, The Print

I've been using the Entrada Fine Art 190 for the couple of weeks of
running Septones in my 2200. It's a VERY white paper... whiter than
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag. (I haven't seen Entrada Fine Art Natural.)
"Flaking" is a problem with it. Wiping the sheet with a clean soft terry 
towel before printing helps significantly. I've tried brushing with a wide
paint brush and a soft cotton T-shirt and the towel seems to have a
better tack record ;-) I've used an anti-static brush with the polonium
strip, and that worked too, but the towel is quicker because of the
size difference. 

The Entrada Fine Art accepts good ol' Spotone quite readily, with much 
less "dot gain" (spreading) than Photo Rag. It also accepts pencil, 
which is a problem for Photo Rag. I haven't printed color on it yet,
and haven't determined if it would accept retouching colors, but I'm
guessing it would.

"Flaking" aside, I like the Entrada, but it has a curious "hand," to me... 
the sensation that it's damp, and the "softer" 190 compared to
the Photo Rag 308, gives it almost a velvet or fabric feel.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul Roark 
To: DigitalB&WPrint 
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:27 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Moab Entrada paper


I just printed some Moab Entrada Fine Art Natural 190.  It is another cotton
paper with no optical brighteners, and the price at Inkjetgoodies might make
it about the most affordable cotton paper (now that Eclipse Satine is gone).
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