Digital BW, The Print

Greetings Bernd!

Yes, you made me jealous!  (grin)  

So to make up for it....why don't you use your ample stock of sample sheets and test several profiles for us all....

I tested only the Orwell and CT Matte profiles and they looked very similar but the CTM was preferable for the image I used.  But very good results with either one.  I chose Orwell becuase HWRS is probably going to be my replacement for Orwell...and it is similar in weight. 

I chose CTMatte because I wanted to do a direct comparison with the EAM using the same profile.  Also, the HWRS is so smooth, it is most like the Han. Matte and EAM in surface....of course that may not make a bit of difference due to different coatings from EAM.   

If I had paper to burn, I would probably try Somerset Enhanced Profile, Concorde Rag profile.  So those four would be a good spread I would think.  

I just looked at those two test prints a few minutes ago and I believe it will be very difficult to improve on the image quality...very difficult.  So I would not waste any time/paper on trying every other profile.  I did that with Extreme Gamut Satine and over 20 profiles.  Many of them are very similar.

Best of luck to you and post your results and comments when you print....just remember to do a test using the same image file on HWRS and EAM (and others)...and don't forget to do a head alignment  each time before changing papers (I always print a head aligment and nozzle check on the back of each paper sample I test).  Those head alignments make a big difference. 

Have fun, 
Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ruhrfoto@... 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:49 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Eureka: Wunder Papier Found


  Steadman,
  just couldn´t resist to make you a little jealous ;-)

  Some minutes ago, I got my Photo Rag 308gsm  sample sheets 
  from Hahnemühle. 
  8 sheets of DIN A 2 (16"x23").
  Now, how shall I use this treasure.
  So many questions:
  First: what shall I print? 
  And then:  what profile. How many sheets shall I cut down 
  and....shall I use one or two for color,  hhmmmm....? 
  No,no, no.... no color, or?

  To be serious:
  though Hahnemühle says the coating is identicall to German 
  Etching, they told me, the surface is a little brighter. At first glance 
  I can´t see the difference. but maybe the Orwell profile won´t fit 
  automatically best.  It seems that the CTM profile was best for 
  you. Did you try others than Orwell meanwhile?
  Help me not to waste ink and paper.
  Thanks 
  Bernd

  PS
  Hahnemuhle told me, they are just making the paper ready to 
  ship. It isn´t shipped yet in quantities (just samples), but will be 
  shipped to resellers mid to late August. So everybody be happy if 
  you have some German Etching in stock.




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