Digital BW, The Print

Carl,

If you have a few minutes, could you take some Lab readings for paper white?  

Thanks!

Josh



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield <scho@m...> 
wrote:
>
> I received printed and unprinted sample sheets of the Sihl Iridium  
> Satin paper (SIS - my acronym) yesterday from Steve.  Steve's prints  
> were made with his R1800 and MIS K4 inks.  I made some test prints on  
> the blank sample sheets using MIS K4 inks in my Epson 2400.  Dmax was  
> essentially the same from both printers with the MIS K4 PK  (1800:  
> 2.30, 2400: 2.32) on this paper.  Data below were obtained using the  
> i1 Spectrophotometer and Quickread to measure patches from a printed  
> step wedge on Steve's sample print.  Good neutrality and the paper is  
> a slightly off-white color, compared to Epson Premium Semimatte which  
> is a bright white paper.  SIS surface looks almost the same as the  
> semimatte - very smooth, soft satin sheen with no distracting  
> reflections.  Nice heavy paper, but since the sheets were cut from  
> the end of a 24 inch roll there was some latent curl.  This is a  
> beautiful paper with a smooth surface that looks more like air dried  
> silver than any other ink-jet paper I've seen so far and it is a  
> perfect match for the K4 inks (and probably K3 as well).   I hope we  
> can find a vendor for SIS that will supply sheets as well as rolls.
> 
> Carl
> 
> Sihl Iridium Satin
> 
> 100% Black patch reading:  C 2.30, M 2.30, Y 2.28, V 2.30
>   50% Black patch reading:  C 0.65, M 0.67, Y 0.68, V 0.66
>   25% Black patch reading:  C 0.25, M 0.26, Y 0.26, V 0.25
>     0% Black patch reading:  C 0.03, M 0.03, Y 0.02, V 0.03
>