Digital BW, The Print

It seems the paper you might be talking about is the PremierArt paper.

http://www.premierimagingproducts.com/media/index.html

http://www.inkjetart.com/premier/fine_art.html


Cheers,
Andre




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "px3n120x" 
<px3n120x@y...> wrote:
> --- 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