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Re: White Velvet

2004-10-03 by Tyler Boley

I'm sure there's reason to believe an all cotton paper will outlast
others, but I still don't think it's a huge deal. None of our great
silver papers were rag, nor many of the papers for platinum. German
Etching is not Rag, and variouos Wilhelm tests with inks like
generations looked very good.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zonepeter"
<zonepeter@a...> wrote:
> 
> I have printed on a sample sheet of Hahnemuhle White Velvet and like 
> the results.  I notice that it has 25% rag content, but is supposed 
> to be acid free.  Will this be as archival as a 100% cotton paper? I 
> know it has OBAs.  I am currently using photorag with UT2 inks and 
> want to be sure of similair longevity. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter

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