Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> 
> >So the consensus is that this paper aside from being cotton
> >is not worth using even at the decent price.
> 
> I don't agree with this assessment.

A while ago you had a different opinion on the paper I'm talking about:

 " I tried some InkJetArt Museum and found it very disappointing. It's not
 Epson UltraSmooth. I had lots of flaking with the InkJetArt Museum.
 
 Paul"

> 
> Epson "UltraSmooth," now sold in smaller sizes as PremierArt Scrapbook
> paper, was the first non-flaking cotton paper.  I'm not sure there is
> currently any other cotton paper that can claim to be non-flaking.  That's a
> fair accomplishment.

Don't know what "flaking" is though I see it mentioned quite often but I guess it's not 
that faint black that bothers me.

Andu

> 
> It may not have the dmax of EEM or PhotoRag, but it's competitive with
> Entrada.
> 
> PremierArt also doesn't have the yellowing OBAs that PhotoRag and EEM have.
> This may make those papers look good at first, but they won't age as well.
> Frankly, I like the natural, non-brightened papers.
> 
> I'd say the surface of the PremierArt paper is tougher than PhotoRag (not
> only with respect to abrasion but probably also air-borne pollutants -- note
> the recent Hahnemuhle problems with packing tape outgassing).
> 
> Overall, this product in some respects is simply the best archival paper
> there is.  For the prints I sell that are expected to last, UltraSmooth is
> the paper I use -- printed with UT inks.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com