Digital BW, The Print

Best way to be sure is buy a black lite and illuminate the papers with it in a darkened room. Sorry, while I do have a
blacklite, I don't have those Epson papers here to test for you. Papers with OBA's will fluoresce, those without OBAs
will be optically "dead". When you have a paper with OBAs next to a paper without OBA's, the difference is very
noticeable. Some papers will show occasional flacks of fluorescence, because rag papers are often produced from textile
cuttings which may have had OBA's added during the textile production process.
Currently all our base papers are OBA free, but the coatings on Osprey, Merlin, Condor, Condor BriteWhite and Kestrel
BriteWhite have OBAs added, while our Nighthawk paper is entirely OBA free. We are producing a new line of coatings
(Osprey Natural, Condor Natural, and Kestrel Natural) which will be OBA free - plan to debut at PMA in February.

Diana York mailto:diana@...
PMA Las Vegas Feb12-15, 2004  Booth K209
Hawk Mountain Papers toll free 888-807-2248
http://www.hawkmtnartpapers.com
100% Cotton Fine Art Digital Print and Photo Papers


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "luisvcool" <lvictoria@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:49 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Epson fine art papers with OBA's???


Hi.

I read Epson's PDF files that mention the specifications for Velvet Fine Art, Watercolor,
and Enhanced Matte papers and I couldn't determine if the papers have optical
brightening agents (OBA's).  Well, do they?

Thank you.