Digital BW, The Print

I also have tried the Smooth Cotton but visually it appeared the D-Max 
was very slightly less. Did not do any scientific test, just eyeballs. 
50 foot rolls, not 39 feet also - good price point. Tyler, did you do 
any "yellowing if left on top of a stack of newspapers" test? :)
Ditto on Jimmy D!
Mark

On Mar 10, 2005, at 11:12 PM, Tyler Boley wrote:

>
>  It seems as though there are finally some options for the performance
>  Hahnem�hle papers have been providing for B&W printing. I did some
>  quick linearizations and test prints on Inovva Photo Smooth Cotton,
>  Inovva Soft Texture Art, and another soon to be out labeled Inovva
>  Rough Texture 315gsm, apparently to be called Cold Press 315 gsm.
>  These are all coated 100% cotton (not sure if the rough is cotton)
>  papers in the same family as other coated fine art papers like
>  Hahnem�hle, Somerset, and Hawk Mountain.
>  What suprised me was that with Cone quad inks, the dmax for all were
>  hovering right around in the same area as all the Hahnem�hle papers we
>  use. Within 0.01 or so plus or minus. Actually the highest was Soft
>  texture, 0.002 higher than PhotoRag, these differences are hardly
>  worth mentioning. Also interesting is that as they reached dmax they
>  were not leveling off, as other papers including Hahnem�hle seem to
>  do. This suggests that the coatings take ink very well, and higher
>  dmax might be possible with different inks or larger dot size.
>  Photo Smooth Cotton would be the contender for a PhotoRag look, being
>  the smoothest and whitest. Soft Texture Art and Cold Press 315 gsm are
>  slightly less bright probably indicating less OBAs. The textures of
>  these papers might be compared to German Etching and William Turner,
>  but less coarse, as though the texture has been knocked down, more
>  rolling and less granular. Very attractive. Initial test prints looked
>  good, until I do more testing with different hues etc. it'll be hard
>  to tell if there is a parting of the ways between these and the
>  Hahnem�hle papers in terms of image feel.
>  I'm anxious to try some color on this stuff as well.
>  That's all I have for now, but it's encouraging enough to report so
>  those interested can begin testing for themselves. I'm also lead to
>  believe pricing may be more palatable.
>  As usual I would highly recommend Jim at shadesofpaper.com as a
>  supplier, thanks Jim for the samples and the opportunity to test.
>  Actually, just thanks for everything.
>
>  Options like this are good, we need more of them.
>  Tyler
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