Digital BW, The Print

You know it would be nice if Wilhelm would publish what he REALLY knows about OB's in 
general, and with the papers we all use in particular. But now that Epson has put him on as 
an employee no chance of that happening.

john




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Hung" <mhkhung@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> If you look at Wihelm research's R800 report, HWM is listed to have a
> longer archival rating than the EEM. And so it works with UC ink. I
> think HWM just have less OBA so it's not as white (and thus doesn't
> change as much).
> 
> However, the HWM is slightly thiner than the EEM (9 mil vs 10), and I
> found it slightly "wet/soaked" once out of the R800. You have to put
> it on a flat service right away to dry, otherwise your finger presses
> will be there when the print's dry.
> 
> Michael 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Michaels"
> <bob@b...> wrote:
> > 
> > My experience mirrors Phil's where I find prints on HWM and EEM to be
> > virtually indistinguishable. It seems to make sense that the EEM has
> > OBA's while HWM doesn't although I've never read it before. This idea
> > is also supported by HWM's better archival rating than EEM.