Digital BW, The Print

Lee,

>Interesting. What papers have you had luck with or recommend that 
>are included in the curve profiles that come with QuadTone RIP?

All of those papers are excellent, they just have different
characteristics (paper color, ink color, dmax, etc).  So it's just
what you like.  There is a review of 24 papers on my web site (link
below) that list all the various characteristics.  It's article #5
"The Great Paper Chase", and it will give a good idea of what these
papers are like.  You just have to pick one and try it.  Some of the
vendors sell small sample quantities.

Back to EEM, this evening I received an email in response to my
earlier reply to you.  I think the sender meant to post it in the
forum but emailed it to me by mistake.  I emailed him about it but
haven't gotten a reply yet, so I'll post it below without his name. 
It is just underscoring my remarks about EEM.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

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I just want to second Clayton's important note about avoiding the 
Epson Enhanced Matte Heavyweight paper for artwork - it yellows VERY 
strongly. Commercial clients love it for the bright flourescent 
whites, but... We printed a limited edition of books for a painter 
friend, using dye based inks, and warned him strongly that the inks 
would not last. But we had no idea that the paper would change so 
radically in dark storage in only a year. He needed some more of the 
edition printed, but when we printed again a year later using the 
same equipment (and we use a completely color calibrated workflow) 
the new prints didn't match the previous books. What a shock to see 
it was due to how radically the paper in the books had yellowed. 
Good luck,
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