Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Andu,
> 
> I think we might be talking about different papers.

So it seems but I did say Museum :)

> 
> The InkJetArt Museum paper I received did not act the same as the Epson
> UltraSmooth I have used.
> 
> The PremierArt Fine Art (aka "Hot Press") paper I received from
> PhotoWarehouse.biz did print much like the Epson UltraSmooth, not the
> InkJetArt Museum.  A number of sources suggest, if not outright say, that
> the Epson UltraSmooth and Scrapbook papers are PremierArt paper.

Yes I actually bought it following one of 2 links from a post here, one to InkJetArt and 
the other to Photowarehouse. Looks like I made the wrong choice.
So Photowarehouse Fine Art is not the same with InkJetArt Museum and the 
PremierArt by Epson is yet another one? Market forces at work. No, I'll keep my life 
simple, this was supposed to be fun.

> 
> I went back to the InkJetArt page and can see that they imply their "Museum"
> paper is very similar to the PremierArt paper, but I don't think they are
> the same.
> 
> The "flaking" that I refer to that seems to plague smooth cotton papers is
> when little bits of the coating come off, leaving a white pinhole in the
> printed image.  With many of the cotton papers, including PhotoRag and
> Entrada, many recommend they be brushed or wiped off before printing to
> avoid this problem.  Apparently the "flaking" is due to little bits of
> coating that are loose and will come off.  It's very irritating, and with
> roll paper, it's impossible to wipe it off first.  The
> UltraSmooth/PremierArt lack of this problem as well as the lack of OBAs is
> what attracts me to it.

Thanks for the explanation, it's what I imagined. Could it be more specific to rolled 
paper since I noticed these ink-less spots very few times in the hundreds of prints I 
did on cut rag paper?

> 
> At any rate, for the best dmax on a cotton paper, PhotoRag is still the
> champ (until Permajet releases the beta paper they sent to me).  I wish the
> PremierArt papers could match it, but they are about 0.03 lower (plus or
> minus a little).
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com