Digital BW, The Print

Ths is what maddens me: I've been using Epson Photo Paper 
(the perforated 4x6" stuff) for b/w photo postcards with Lyson 
QuadBlack Neutral. The prints were, and are, stunning, with 
virtually zero bronzing, and minimal diddling around to get this 
result. But (all together now), It's Not Archival.

Cliche Moment: we can send Rover to Mars (three times, in living 
color!), but we can't get traction finding an archival (or, barring 
that, near-archival) paper that's a visual match for a 
near-bottom-line Epson paper?  (Of course, we're still talking 
black-and-white here...it's like wanting to go out for High Tea 
when everyone else wants to drag you to Starbucks)

- Barrett

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul 
Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:

> Epson Glossy Photo Paper does not seem to exhibit this loss 
> of dmax.   When the loss for others and the lack thereof for 
> GPP are factored in, the cheap old Glossy Photo Paper begins 
> to look like even more of a bargain.
> 
> I wish it didn't get wavy in high density areas and was archival.
> 
> In that respect, I've been curious about an Epson paper called 
> "Glossy Paper Heavyweight."  See
> 
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/ProductMediaSpec.jsp?BV_
UseBVCookie=yes&i
> nfoType=Overview&oid=-8813&category=Paper+%26+Media  
(Cut and paste the
> wrapped portion.)
> 
> This paper, that is only available in rolls, is said to have "good"
> archivability.  This is the same rating as the Premium RC line.  
> So, maybe this is another acid free (buffered paper core) RC 
>paper.
> 
> Note that it is also said to be "non-yellowing."   Is that a hint that 
> a lot of these papers do yellow?
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com