Digital BW, The Print

That's a shame to hear. A decent lignin free, inexpensive EEM replacement
would be just grand for giving out prints of snaps to friends and relatives.

Scott

Derek Ealy wrote:

> I've gone through three boxes of Moab Kayenta, and don't think I will be
> buying anymore. While there are several things to like about this paper,
> there is one glaring problem that I've had in all three boxes. These 
> papers
> exhibit shiny flecks in the print. This is not standard flaking where the
> ink comes off and you just see that white of the paper below. This is
> something different, something in the paper coating which interacts 
> with the
> inks.
>
> If it weren't for this problem I would probably be using Kayenta 
> instead of
> EEM, but that just isn't the case for me. I print with the standard
> Ultrachrome inks, and have printed with the standard epson driver, QTR 
> and
> IJC/OPM. None made a difference with this paper.
>
> The only thing that helped was rubbing the paper down with an old 
> T-shirt.
> But this only helped, it didn't eliminate the problem. So now I'm back to
> using enhanced matte for all proofing work, and I even have one framed 
> photo
> on EEM.
>
> I still have a box of 13x19 Entrada Natural. This seems to behave a bit
> better than Kayenta, though I'm not all too convinced that I will be 
> buying
> much more Moab paper.
>
> Derek
>
>
>
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