Digital BW, The Print

It sounds like there is a QC problem somewhere.  What retailers were these
purchased from? 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Carl
> Schofield
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:40 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson Ultrasmooth vs. Premiere Hot Press
> 
> I had exactly the same experience when I recently purchased a box of
> Premier Luster Rag.  Ragged edges, poor packaging, scuffed paper
> surface, warped, and very stiffly curled paper out of the box.  Never
> again.
> 
> On Nov 23, 2005, at 4:26 PM, wwodets wrote:
> 
> > I recently went to Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art for an OBA-free paper
> > and
> > was impressed with it:  good image, impeccable quality, etc.
> >
> > Having heard that Premiere Hot Press was the same paper, I ordered 150
> > sheets of it.  It looks like the EUS, measures like it and their
> > profiles are essentially identical.
> >
> > The Premiere paper, however, shows *terrible* quality control: bad
> > edges, miscuts, insects smashed in the coating (really) and, worst of
> > all, radom scuffing of the coating that is quite visible in black
> > areas
> > of the print.
> >
> > At the same time I bought a box of the Premiere Hot Press Textured and
> > these sheets were so badly cut and stiff and deformed that I had
> > difficulty loading them into the printer.  It is a very rough
> > surfaced,
> > ugly, badly finished paper.
> >
> > So, if you're thinking about a Premiere paper, watch out.  I was
> > shocked.
> 
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