Digital BW, The Print

Today published in the British Journal of Photography:

Title: Da Vinci code green
Feature: news
Date: 15 February 2006



A specialist pro lab has launched a new high-quality inkjet paper it 
claims is indistinguishable from traditional, black-and-white fibre-
based materials.

The Da Vinci Fibre Gloss paper was developed over the last two years 
by Danny Chau, the owner of ChauDigital, with an unnamed manufacturer.

It is 'designed to give inkjet prints the look and feel of a 
traditional black-and-white silver halide fibre paper,' Chau told 
BJP: 'This paper came about because of my personal quest as a black-
and-white printer who has turned to digital. We had been 
experimenting for several years with different paper types and 
coatings but tested out the last batch in June.

We were amazed by the results and did a small run of the paper in 
July.

Clients who have seen it haven't been able to tell the difference 
between this and traditional fibre papers.'

The paper uses an acid free fibre surface which has three coatings to 
protect and hold ink better 'giving more density to colours and 
producing great details in heavy density areas with high visual 
sharpness.' Chau adds that it also boasts a DMax of 2.7, whereas 
traditional fibre papers have a DMax of around 2.3. Chau also says 
that the paper works especially well with Epson UltraChrome K3 ink 
range, with its three grades of black.

The paper is now available by visiting www.chaudigital.com, but will 
also be sold by Permajet as its own brand Fibre Base Gloss 295gsm 
paper.


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