Digital BW, The Print

Many thanks for the quick responses. Both Omega and Alpha sound good
options. The only reason I'm looking for a possible Photorag
replacement is the pretty awful longevity result on www.livick.com
I work in mono and colour and spray my prints with Lyson Print guard
before framing behind ordinary glass. Unfortunately the only reports
on Permajet papers that I have seen are from Perma themselves, using
their own inks...
Michael Woolley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:

> Alpha is OBA free. Delta has some OBAs. Omega, I thought, has

some, but

> under a black light (not the best one in the world) there seems to

be very

> little if any in it.
>
> Omega has a dmax of 1.67. Each batch of paper seems to vary a

bit, but all

> three of the new PermaJet papers are consistently between PhotoRag

(1.71)

> and EEM (1.64-5), which is excellent.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtuallygrey [mailto:stephengledhill@y...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:44 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Permajet Alpha, Omega?
>
> I've recently started using both - limited to A4 size so far -

with

> my 2100 and UT7 inks. They're both 310 gsm, they're both slightly
> smoother than Photorag. The Omega is very slightly whiter than
> Photorag whilst the Alpha is a very pale cream. To me they're
> identical but for the colour difference.
>
> I like them both and plan to use them along with Photorag -
> particularly for sales. DMax seems excellent to my eye, but

that's

> the only measuring equipment I've got.
>
> I've seen somewhere in this group a reference that they (or at

last

> the Alpha) don't use optical brighteners, although you'd have to
> check that for yourself. So presumably no flaking - although I've
> never experienced that with Photorag. As for permanence - who
> knows. But as 100% cotton rag they should be (?) up there with

the

> best.
>
> Steve Gledhill
> http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ptang1uk"
> <michael@m...> wrote:
> > Has anyone here used either of these papers? How do they compare
> > image wise with Hahnemuhle Photo Rag? I have been using the

latter

> > with Epson 2100/Ultrachrome but am worried about some negative
> > permanence reports, esp on the Livick.com site.
>
>
>
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