Digital BW, The Print

On the paper front:

Received my shipment of the Schoellershammer Velvet 225 from Digital 
Art Supplies and ran of 4 Piezo test prints using the Orwell, 
Concorde Rag, ConeTech Matte and Epson Photo Paper profiles.

I find it to be very similar to Museo with comparable blacks and 
color. The surface is smoother, about halfway between Epson Archival 
Matte and Museo. It should coat very nicely and I will give it a try. 
The base color is perhaps a little whiter than Museo. Seems to be not 
quite as sharp as Museo.

Leaving EAM aside because of the archival issues, my favorites are 
still Torchon, with German Etching and Turner in second place. Of 
course with a sheet price of $4 for 11x17 Torchon I don't know how 
much I will be using! Torchon with the Schoellershammer Velvet 
surface would be just about perfect for the pigment inks.

Digital Art Supplies shipped me a nice set of swatches, which 
included Hahnemule Structure 150. This looks like a whiter, lower 
textured lightweight version of Torchon, perhaps too light. Has 
anyone given this a try with Piezo? Opinions?

I also noted that Digital Art Supplies carries the full Hahnemule 
line under their original names and a very large selection of other 
papers as well.

Thanks,

Martin Wesley