Digital BW, The Print

Hello All,

This afternoon I received a new box of Kayenta.  This evening I was
making some prints with the last of my original box and decided to
compare them, as I have seen differences between production batches
with other papers.

I was dismayed to find that it has changed enormously, to where it's
really not the same paper.  Two things,

1) The ink color has warmed from (on my Paper Chase scale) B1 to B2.8,
with a chocolate brown color.  IOW, it is no longer a cold paper.  

2) Density has increased.  My original batch had nearly identical
contrast and density to EEM.  I could work up an image and send it to
Kayenta without any adjustment.  Now it prints dark and requires a
lightening curve.

Paper color, dmax and contrast seems to be much the same.  

I'm going to call Moab tomorrow and try to determine if this is just a
batch variation or an actual change in the paper formula.  If it's a
production variation then it speaks poorly of their quality control. 
I've seen variations before, but they were mostly in density or
contrast.  I've never seen a color shift of this magnitude.  It's a
completely different paper.  

Regards,
Clayton


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