Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lovelipp" 
<arlenelove3@...> wrote:
>
> Yo gang!
> I would like to make ( to start) 10 copies of a book of prints, 
each 
> about 100 pages. A local shop does an inexpensive clamp binding for 
> less $$ than a Kinko coil type - and it looks like a real hard 
cover 
> book - almost elegant. The best price I found for a decent 8.5 x11 
> paper was EEM @ $.23 per sheet at Atlex. Of course, it's single 
> sided. Do you think it's necessary to insert a tissue page between 
> each page? What would you suggest as modest price alternative in a 
> duo side paper? And obviously, I'm not going to spray 1000 pages. I 
> use MIS carbon pig inks w/ Eboni, so the paper must be matte.
> 
> It will cost about $40 to produce each book without counting ink - 
so 
> I'm not going to toss one to every "interested" person. I've looked 
> at the various post albums etc on Red River and similar sites. 
> They're all very costly, and in the long run look like albums, not 
> books.   
> 
> BTW, for small work, my cheap little C86 is churning out prints as 
> high quality as my big 7600. 
> 
> I will listen to all suggestions before I begion this tiresome 
> project.  Thanks in advance to all who have been so helpful in the 
> past and to those who will put in their .02 on this one,
> 
>         Arlene
> www.arlenelove.com


Have you thought about how thick 100 pages of EEM is going to be? 
From memory those pages may not turn very well, especially the pages 
in the middle.

As far as a good thin and high quality paper goes that will hold a 
good image, I haven't really found the ideal paper yet. Close is a 
paper from Hammermill, but close as far as it comes. Their Premium 
Inkjet is pretty good for printing out user manuals, etc., but I 
don't think I would use it for images. I have another paper from 
International Paper that I recieved last night, but it looks like it 
will not do what I need either. If it is decent I'll let you know 
(expectations are low though).