Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, hogarth@s... 
wrote:

> On that we can agree. I just see this as happening very rarely - 
two 
> differently branded papers actually being the same - same paper, 
same 
> coating. There's every incentive for them to be different. Same 
paper, 
> different coatings, or different papers same coating, neither of 
which 
> is interchangeable.
> 
>

Just a note: Hahnemuhle sells a lot of paper to different places that 
then put their "house brand" name on the box. Mediastreet Royal Plush 
is exactly the same as German Etching. I have had both side by side, 
the profiles that I made were as close to identical as measurement 
and printer errors would allow. Pretty much all the Royal papers are 
a Hahnemuhle product. Lyson buys the same papers and calls them 
something else, as does several other places. Knowing this cross 
reference table could help you in a pinch.