Digital BW, The Print

Hi Clayton

I just looked up the Innova site:

"280gsm Photo FibaPrint

Innova FibaPrint has been modelled on the traditional fibre-based material
used in conventional photography. It is available in a 280gsm Matt coated
paper quality. Its ultra-smooth surface and brilliant white colour make it
the perfect digital FibaPrint alternative. It is an acid free, single side
coated media.

Features:

Excellent colour gamut
Great colour accuracy
Archival quality
Dye & Pigment ink compatible
Brilliant white
Ultra-smooth surface
Alpha Cellulose

Applications include:

Digital alternative for traditional fibre-prints
Portraits
Photographic prints
Digital Art reproduction"

Is this really a matte paper?  You mention matte, as does their website, but
the description seems pitched at "photo" ink. What coating does it have?

If it is matte ink paper I don't think it will cut it until a new matte
black ink comes along...  The more I print with these K3 inks the less I see
myself doing matte paper work until matte black ink/paper can exceed at
least 2.0....

Cheers


Steve

> From: Clayton Jones <cj@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:53:14 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Air fiber based vs. current photo papers
> 
> The Fiba Photo paper by Innova is the closest matte paper to air dried
> glossy silver paper that I've seen.  It has the thickness, stiffness
> and general feel, a unique hard smooth surface, and excellent Dmax (by
> eye in the same ball park as PR).  I'll be curious to see what a
> K3-ABW-MK print looks like on this paper.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm