Digital BW, The Print

Do you know the name of the company that makes the papers?  I've been
looking for a way to get larger sizes.  I'd been told that Sihl made the
paper, but Sihl says that is not correct and has no close substitute.

The Epson Heavyweight Photo Paper, which appears to have the same coating,
is roll paper that comes in a box indicating it is made in Japan.

I'd say the Kirkland paper is much closer to the Epson Glossy Photo paper
than to Ilford, at least with the MIS UT pigs.  I'd guess that the slight
change in the coating is to make it more compatible with the UC inks, which
were terrible on Epson Glossy Photo Paper.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: mehrdad [mailto:msadat@...] 
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:59 AM
To: digitalblackandwhitetheprint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Kirkland Glossy Photo Paper


the papers are made in Switzerland and i thought it was more like the
illford stuff


On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:47:04 -0700, Paul Roark <paul.roark@...>
wrote:
> 
> This paper seems to have replaced the Epson Glossy Photo Paper in Costco
> stores.  It is very similar, and has the same "Epson Photo Paper" stamp on
> the back, but it is slightly different.
> 
> The good news is that the Kirkland paper uses the Epson Glossy Photo Paper
> curves and is almost (but not quite) as bronzing-free with MIS UT inks.
> Also good news is that the dmax with the 1270 FS inks and Eboni loaded
(that
> is, using just the dark gray inks for the black generation), the dmax of
the
> Kirkland paper is 2.0 v. 1.9 for Epson.
> 
> The surface gloss on the Kirkland paper is slightly more than on the Epson
> version.
> 
> The bad news is that the shadow smoothness of the Kirkland paper is
slightly
> rough.  I'm not sure it will be seen in actual photos, however.  Also in
the
> bad news column is that the Kirkland paper seems more acidic than my
latest
> batch of  Epson Glossy Photo paper, which seems almost neutral.
> 
> At any rate, the Kirkland paper is good for short term, cheap and easy
> glossy prints.
> 
> Paul
> 
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