Digital BW, The Print

Sounds very much like the old Oce watercolor paper, rebranded by a few
others as well. I think Red River and MediaStreet had renamed versions.
I believe it's gelatin, don't exactly recall. If you do some searches
back in the first few months of the list you'll find some info. The
Spectratones were a good match for it and Allen had more info on it.
I found it to be interesting with some unique possibilities, but in
general your comments sound about right. Kind of reminds me of the
Arches Infinity coating as well.
Tyler

--- 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