Digital BW, The Print

Thank you Clayton for that report...it jibes w/my experiences..my 
best prints so far made on the earlier Moab Entrada, w/MIS UT, on the 
1160 (but that paper did need a brush before running it through the 
printer). I just saw a print last week I made and framed w/Crescent 
rag mat, metal frame.. 4 years ago w/that recipe, hanging in a very 
bright-lit sunroom in a client's north-facing home here in Santa Fe 
(7200 ft. elevation, very bright light), and it has not shifted or 
faded at all.
Best,
Mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello C. David,
> 
> >Right, but if you can produce a paper coating that is less brittle 
> >and flakey, and more tough and leathery, then it is less prone to 
> >dimpling off when you bend the paper, less prone to dusting when 
> >you cut the paper, and less prone to adhering on top of the paper 
> >as stray scrids that need to be brushed away before running the 
> >sheet through the printer. 
> 
> Thanks for the reply, you have pretty much answered one of my
> questions, which was whether some newer coating technologies might 
not
> be bound by that rule of thumb.  The new Max paper is a good 
example.
>  They have definitely done something different because you can't
> scrape any ink off with a fingernail. The paper is damaged before 
any
> ink comes off.  Pretty amazing stuff.
> 
> 
> >Thats why the more recent version 
> >of Entrada is far more practical for printing images with large 
> >dark areas than most other art papers, and older versions of 
> >Entrada. I find my print loss rate to "dandruff" related problems 
> >to be about 90 percent lower.
> 
> Agreed.  My original Entrada had the worst flaking of all, really
> horrendous, and that was after a vigorous wipe and blow with
> compressed air.  But the new stuff is almost a completely different
> paper.  Much improved.  Unfortunately, both it and Max have dmax 
that
> is inferior to several other papers.  I only use them for images 
that
> don't suffer from that.  Too bad because they are both really nice
> papers in all other respects.  I posted a report here a few days ago
> that described my attempt to use Max to match a VFA print with K3 
ink
> - just couldn't make it.  I'm still waiting for my dream paper...
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>