Digital BW, The Print

Makes sense, I had thought all Pictorico was microceramic and that 
the backings were plastic. As well kind of a relief to find out that 
the gloss like density was indeed because it is more or less gloss.

Not what you were looking for true but it does put the oddity to 
rest.


...John


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Staver 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> I got a pack of this paper after reading about the high dmax it 
was 
> supposed to have. In my opinion it's easily the worst paper I've 
ever 
> tried. Here's why:
> 
> It's not really a matte paper at all. The coating feels sligtly 
sticky 
> and very plasticky, like you would expect from a glossy paper. It 
has a 
> watercolor texture, but it looks and feels like it was dipped in 
> plastic. It would almost be more appropriate to call this a 
watercolor 
> textured semigloss paper.
> 
> The color is yellowish, and does not go well with the neutral tone 
of 
> the Eboni.
> 
> UT7 inks will not stick to the paper at all, you just get wet 
puddles of 
> ink lying on top of the paper. BO with Eboni works fine, but that 
means 
> you're stuck with the cold tone of the Eboni ink. For this paper I 
woul 
> prefer a warmer tone.
> 
> It might in fact have a very high Dmax, but the glossy coating 
combined 
> with the heavy watercolor texture makes sure that you get surface 
> reflections from nearly every angle of light, which makes the 
percieved 
> dmax much lower than most other papers.
> 
> Just goes to show that numbers are not everything. There are many 
> factors that come into play, and everything has to come together 
for a 
> paper to truly stand out.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no