Mark's right. Don't belive it. I have way too many Enhanced Matt proofs lying around that have yellowed in the border areas in just 5 years when exposed to normal room light and indoor atmosphere. Fact is, regardless of what Wilhelm says (and I for one never understood this rating and it bothers me that he says that), this is a low quality paper with a lot of obas to burn out. If you look at the back of a paper such as Enhanced Matte, Legion Matte (which is just as poor quality cellulose) or some of the Red River papers, etc, you will see the color that these prints will ultimately achieve, a warmish yellowish off white. This is really not a bad way to quickly evaluate a paper's base, look at the back. I've never seen a high quality printmaking paper, coated or uncoated, made for any purpose that will be significantly warmer on the back side than it is on front. I pretty much use Enanced Matt these days only for posters and aligning my printer. It is easy to print on and the coating is nice looking but I wouldn't send it to galleries. John
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Re: What I'm looking at...
2006-08-14 by john dean
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