Digital BW, The Print

Carl,

>Premier Premium Matte fits the dmax 1.65+ and no flaking criteria, 
>but it is unfortunately not cotton (although claimed to be acid 
>and lignin free) and 210 gsm is the heaviest available.  

>Did you ever test this paper for acid and/or yellowing?

I have had a couple of beta samples, which impressed me also.  I found the
samples I had did very well on the 3000, but did not have a very good dmax
on the newer printers.

I have been trying to get production samples of this paper, but so far have
not received any.

I have been told that no wood-based paper can actually be 100% lignin free.
I think <1% is what is realistically considered "archival" if the buffer is
>2%.  The residual lignin might still cause some yellowing, since it is
photo sensitive as well as an acid reserve.  However, in testing EEM (which
is typical of a good wood-fiber paper, but without buffering), I found under
strong UV it, like the cotton papers, actually bleached somewhat.  So, it's
possible that a good wood paper that is properly buffered is fine and will
not yellow significantly.

In fact, it's possible a wood-based paper can be better than cotton.  I
suspect the flaking problem is due to the softness of the cotton paper.  I
think of a coating of clay on a pillow.  Also, the huge irony may be that
lignin appears to absorb atmospheric pollutants, protecting the paper and
pigments from gas pollution attack.

I would not count on the above, but the bottom line is that a good
wood-based paper may be fine and a good value.  I think a buffered wood
paper that matches EEM on both the image quality and price fronts would do
the field a tremendous amount of good.  The sooner we can dump EEM as the
draft and everyday paper of choice, the better.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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On Tuesday, July 27, 2004, at 12:04  PM, Paul Roark wrote:

> Frankly, no flaking and a dmax of 1.65 or better is what I consider to 
> be a
> reasonable target for a good cotton paper.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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