Digital BW, The Print

How tough is that Velvet Fine Art surface? I still want to try it.
Somerset is quite durable, but weak in dmax and gamut.

john


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
<scho@...> wrote:
>
> My observations and dmax measurements suggest otherwise.  Epson  
> Velvet Fine Art is the matte paper dmax champ with k3 MK inks so far  
> at 1.75+ and Museo II is way back in the pack with the others at  
> around 1.6+.
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> On Feb 10, 2006, at 8:24 PM, ginnylady33 wrote:
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> >   I recently compared the Velvet Fine Art with Museo II. The main
> > difference that I saw was the Museo II had deeper blacks.
> > Significantly so.
> >  Best
> >  Ginny
> >
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dhaaron69"
> > <dhaimaging@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I recently purchased a supply of k3 ink carts for my 2400,
> >> at Comp USA. I noticed they had a supply of epson velvet fine art
> >> paper. So I purchased 2 packages at $69.00 ea. (13 x 19) because the
> >> 2400 has profiles for this paper. There is nothing wrong with this
> >> stuff. My negs never looked so good, It has beautiful grays sort of
> >> like the old defender series type silver paper. In comparison to  
> >> crane
> >> museo which was my de-facto standard (can be finicky) I am glad I
> >> stumbled across fine art velvet.
> >>
>