Digital BW, The Print

Hey Bob

I might give Hawk Mountain a try as soon as I've saved some money and 
actually use up my current batch of paper. I've dropped a significant 
amount of money in past week on the new printer and additional inks.

In the meantime I've just figure out that Red River Aurora Art is 
nearly as economical as EEM for proofing. 

Fact is, RR's Aurora Art is only $0.51 per sheet. That it's double 
sided means it comes in at only $0.255 per side.

The one-sided EEM is $0.23 per sheet.

I already use the RR Aurora Art as my primary paper, so it just makes 
sense to use it for proofing, too. Also, most proofs turn out nice 
enough to file in a photo album or give away to family and friends. 
Those proofs might as well be on the better paper.

Kevin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Marsolais" 
<bob@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried Hawk Mountains's papers?  They are 100% cotton and 
> acid-free.  Clayton identified three of their papers as category A 
> papers.  I just printed a UT2 inkset print on their Peregrine 
Velvet 
> 250 and compared it to HPR.  I used QTR's EEM curves and the 
Peregrine 
> had sharper details than HPR printed with the HPR curves.  The 
paper 
> is ever so slightly cooler than HPR.  But it's major advantage to 
me 
> is that it is significantly cheaper than HPR.  Their website is 
> http://www.hawkmtnartpapers.com/.  They have a $20 sample pack and 
a 
> free swatch book.  (I am not affiliated with them, just like the 
> papers I've tried so far.)
> 
> Bob Marsolais
>