Digital BW, The Print

Hawk Mtn's Condor BW is the winner in its stable from what I can tell.  

A comparison of it to Moab Entrada Fine Art 300 Bright White is interesting.

Here are the spectrophotometer readings of the 2 papers, printed on a 1280
with UT2 at 1440 with no curves (C, M, Y, Visual Density):


Condor BW paper white:     .02, .02, -.01, .02

Moab BW paper white:       .02, .02, -.01, .02

Condor 50%:                .54, .55, .52, .55

Moab 50%:                  .54, .55, .52, .54

Condor 100%:               1.61, 1.62, 1.63, 1.62

Moab 100%:                 1.61, 1.62, 1.62, 1.61.



Pricing for 25 sheets of 13 x 19" paper:  

Hawk Mtn. Condor BW on its website -- $65

Moab Entrada Fine Art 300 on Lexjet website -- $51.


These are the heirs to Eclipse, which was a favorite and great value until
BriteCube went into bankruptcy.  With 2 companies now going after that
market, I wonder how they can distinguish themselves?  I have an answer:
solve the flaking problem.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com