Digital BW, The Print

Well lets' hope that a smoother coating is one of the "final  
adjustments".  I have my doubts based on what I've seen to date of  
the attempts to marry cotton rag with the silver FB surface look.   
Hahnemuhle, PremierArt, and now Crane (so far) all have products that  
are too thinly coated for me.  Reminds me of some of my early  
attempts at coating cotton rag prints with PUR using a mayer rod or  
foam roller.  Too much texture in a gloss surface is not very  
attractive (to me) because the uneven surface will produce  
distracting reflections - sort of like RC luster paper on steroids.

On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:16 PM, Timothy Atherton wrote:

>
>> not beta).  If a company sends me a paper sample and asks for an
>> evaluation then what they get back from me will be based on the
>> product I receive - a critical review of that sample with
>> recommendations for improvement.  If they knew that the product was
>> deficient in some respect then they should have said so or not even
>> sent out the samples.
>
> I assume you read the info that came with the beta testing samples  
> that
> indicate that the paper still has to undergo some final adjustments  
> (and to
> which the beta testing is presumably meant to contribute...)
>
> To me that answers "they should have said so"
>
> tim a