Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Erick,

Very useful what you said about the Ultra- Smooth. Has anyone actually profiled and used 
Arches Infinity to any extent? Is is worth the greater cost? 

I received an email from Digial Art Supplies in California and Steve there says that Ultra-
Smooth is not made by Arches despite the similarities. Epson is not revealing who makes it  
according to him. Some people suggest it is made by 
Crane. If so it certainly is an improvement over the Smooth Fine Art they created a few 
years ago. I had terrible scratching problems with that media even in the printer, and it 
didin't take blacks very well either. 

It is nice that these papers are getting better and better. People are looking for U. Smooth 
in the smaller sheet form? Is is available through that Premier Art version. I'll check into 
that.




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, eric_bullock@h... wrote:
> > Does anyone know if Epson's new paper Ultra-Smooth is in fact made 
> > by Arches? I noticed 
> > that the smooth texture version of Infinity has a close affinity 
> > with Ultra-Smooth? Infinity 
> > came out about 6 months after Ultra-Smooth was released.
> 
> Doubtful, but possible I suppose. I've profiled both of these papers and 
> there are a few differences when you graph them in 3D. I'll tell you what 
> IS in fact the same as USFA. PremeirArt Fine Art Hot Press is the same 
> paper, as is Parrot Digigraphic's Satin Fine Art Duo.
> 
> 
> Eric  Bullock
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