Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:

> I really like Red River's Dourian Art, which is pretty much 
identical
> to PR (many suspect it is made by Hahnemuhle, they say it is made by 
a
> German company).  It is 250 gsm and 2-sided as well.
> 
> As for feeding thicker papers, I find that if I bend a slight curl
> into the leading edge of the paper, so that it's pointing into (or
> toward) the thing that grabs it, I have more success.

Thanks for the tips, Clayton. Much appreciated. I tried curling the 
paper one time per your suggestion, and it worked in terms of getting 
the paper to feed and print. However, the print had some banding and 
ink "spatter" near the leading edge. Whether there's any correlation 
between that and the paper thickness, it's hard to say for certain but 
to avoid potentially stressing the printer, I'm going to try the RRDA 
and some other papers which stay within the C86's spec'd paper 
thickness. Thanks again.

Mitch