Digital BW, The Print

Hello Chuck,

>What I'd be interested in knowing is what paper do people consider
>their favorite?
>I print black and white using 'black only' on an Epson 1270. 
>I tried a sample of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag and while I liked the image,
>the surface flaked so badly I wouldn't think of using it.

I too like BO printing (on a 2200) and find PR too expensive and
flakey.  Hawk Mtn. has two very nice cotton papers, Merlin Smooth and
Condor BW.  I've not had any flaking with Condor, and only a tiny bit,
hardly ever, with Merlin.  They print carbon inks cooler than PR,
which is very nice - an alternative to all the warm papers.  The MIS
Eboni ink is really pretty on them.  On the Condor it looks truly
black, not dark brown.  Both have good Dmax, though a bit less than
PR, which is Dmax king.

There are other good papers, Premier Art Hot Press being one (warm
like PR), and there's supposed to be a new paper from England (I
think) that's supposed to be very nice with Dmax equal to PR (maybe
someone else can fill in on that).

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm