Digital BW, The Print

Clayton,

I just finished testing Entrada Bright White and Natural against several of my regular papers. The BW prints way to cold (blue) for my taste; even at the warmest tint setting in IP. The Natural, however, has now become my favorite paper.

Of course, tinting is certainly in the eye of the beholder but, to my eye, the Entrada Natural prints slightly warm, and seems to have the same base paper color and surface characteristics as Epson Ultrasmooth and PremierArt HotPress. I have found that prints from my Epson 2200, UC inks, IP driver, on Entrada Natural look very close in "color" to the older silver papers that I printed on years ago in the darkroom--Varilour Black, Ilfomar, Ilfobrom, original Zone VI Brilliant, etc. I never liked the bluish tone of, say, Kodak Elite. Different strokes...I guess.

FWIW,
Alan Huntley

> 
> From: "Clayton Jones" <cj@...>
> Date: 2004/07/06 Tue PM 01:35:40 EDT
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Eboni and compatible papers
> 
> Hello Roger,
> 
> >If you haven't tried it, Eboni on Entrada Fine Art Natural (190)
> >looks pretty neutral (2200, B/O) to me.
> 
> I was thinking of trying some Entrada BW because I'd heard it was cool
> like Condor, but someone said it was similar but with less Dmax so I
> never tried it.  But I've heard good things about the Natural version,
> so I'd like to give that a try.  Right now I'm piled up with computer
> work and my time is severely restricted, but I'll get to it
> eventually.  
> 
> I'm really loving the results I'm getting with Eboni.  That ink really
> opened up a whole new world.  I think the entire history of digital BW
> printing can be described as being of two eras: BE and AE (Before
> Eboni and After Eboni) <g>.
> 
> 
> >Are you using Condor in roll form or as cut sheets?
> 
> Using cut sheets.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton