Digital BW, The Print

Interesting, I hadn't read that before.  Does VFA have significantly more texture than EEM (or 
the USFA/PA 205-type papers)?  I've always heard that it had excellent dmax, but assumed, 
sine it's a "velvet" paper, that the texture would be intrusive, esp. in smaller prints (I print 
10x6.6 on US letter paper).  Is it smoother than I'm thinking (say, compared to something like 
HPR)?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> Epson says at
> <http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/ProductMediaSpec.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&
> infoType=Overview&oid=-9824&category=Paper+%26+Media> , "... Velvet Fine Art
> Paper. With a base that is 100% cotton rag, buffered and acid free, this
> paper is coated with our popular Enhanced Matte coating ..."
> 
> In my few tests of the paper with Eboni in the printers, I get essentially
> the same dmax as EEM, with which it shares it apparently shares a coating.
> 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com