Steve, I'll post something tomorrow when I have spoken to Permajet to get the details. Gareth --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> wrote: > On Silverprint¹s website they have Permajet Alpha 310 and Omega 310. Aplha > 310: A 100% natural smooth cotton rag paper with an acid free warm tone base > providing an excellent tonal range. Omega 310: A 100% natural smooth cotton > rag paper with an acid free extra white base providing an excellent tonal > range. Each are listed as 210 gsm. The prices below are for Alpha 310. > The pricing is markedly cheaper than HPR for sizes greater than A4. First > price is without VAT, second with VAT (sales tax). But is this definitely > the paper you refer to? > > > Photo Rag > A4 / 50 > 36.00 > 42.30 > > Photo Rag > A3 / 50 > 72.00 > 84.60 > > Photo Rag > A3+ / 50 > 115.74 > 136.00 > > Photo Rag > A2 / 50 > 144.00 > 169.20 > > Photo Rag > 61cmx12m roll > 63.20 > 74.26 > > Photo Rag > 91.4cmx12m roll > 94.80 > 111.39 > > Alpha 310 > A4 / 25 > 19.53 > 22.95 > > Alpha 310 > A4 / 50 > 36.55 > 42.95 > > Alpha 310 > A3 / 25 > 38.26 > 44.96 > > Alpha 310 > A3 / 50 > 74.85 > 87.95 > > Alpha 310 > A3+ / 25 > 51.02 > 59.95 > > Alpha 310 > A3+ / 50 > 102.09 > 119.96 > > Alpha 310 > A2 / 25 > 85.06 > 99.95 > > Alpha 310 > 24" Roll / 15m > 85.06 > 99.95 > > Alpha 310 > 36" roll / 15m > 125.91 > 147.94 > > Alpha 310 > 44" roll / 12m > 153.15 > 179.95 > > > > > > > > From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> > Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 07:22:45 -0700 > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Permajet Alpha news? > > Steve, > > >Just to clarify, is this the paper you were referring to way > >back in October last year? > > Yes, PermaJet has a line of new papers. Jobo in the U.S. (perhaps among > others -- like MIS) will distribute the new line as well as the older ones. > The new paper that I was most impressed with was called ISC in beta. It > will be called "Alpha" in the production versions. It is a cotton paper > with no optical brighteners and a dmax that rivals PhotoRag. It did not > flake when I was testing it. I thought the beta paper was the best I'd > printed with yet. Hopefully the production run will be just as good. > > There will also be a brightened version of this paper. > > > <<Permajet has also sent me some papers. They now have a winner which was > labeled "ISC" in the box I received. It may be the best paper I've ever > used. It is said to be cotton, buffered, and have no optical brighteners. > I have had not flaking with it yet, and it's dmax is the best of the cotton > papers, equaling EAM at 1.67 (Eboni & 1280), and beating PhotoRag (1.66) and > PremierArt/UltraSmooth (1.61).>> > > >FYI Silverprint has it in London for all the UK guys on this forum > > >http://www.silverprint.co.uk/inkj22.html > > So, it looks like Jobo is just waiting for US sizes to be cut. > > How do the prices compare to, for example, PhotoRag, in England? > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > ___________________________ > > > > > From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> > > Jobo, which will do US distribution, just has European sizes, and those are > just for profiling. The story I heard is that Permajet rejected a huge > production run. So, they are being tough about quality control. That's > good. 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Re: [Digital BW] Permajet Alpha news?
2004-05-05 by Gareth