Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

Isn't the Premier Platinum Rag just the old Premier Luster Rag with a  
new name?  Surface and coating were both bad as was QC (ragged edges,  
paper curl, etc.) with the latter.  It was designed for MK black -  
not PK, but even with Eboni or Epson MK dmax was low.  Not worth  
bothering with in my opinion.

Carl

On Jan 12, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:

> Hi Tyler;
>
> I can't say much positive about this paper; I tried it with the MIS
> K4 (R1800) and the Epson K3 (3800). Pk inks in both cases. It flat
> out will not work with the Epson inks-it gets muddy around 1.2 and
> maxes at 1.4 with an ugly flat look to it that makes you wonder why
> they even put it on the market.
> With the MIS inks the results were better, reaching a damax of 2.0
> without the haze and flatness of the Epson inks. Still, hardly worth
> the trouble considering the much higher dmax of some other PK rag
> papers.
>
> OK, one moderately good thing: the surface texture is not as
> pronounced (or obnoxious) as some of those higher damx papers.
>
> I tried a couple others as well; The Premier art natural is nice if
> you want a warm platinum look; dmax around 1.63  The Fine Art BW is
> similar but with OBAs, dmax around 1.65.
>
> The papers that have impressed me most recently around Lumijet; They
> have a matte white and a natural that both reached a damx of 1.71
> with Eboni and K3 inks.
>
> I will work with those two a bit more and report back, but on first
> impression I think we have a viable alternative to HPR in both
> neutral and warm base colors.
>
> I found the sample pack at atlex.com, if anyone wants to test them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven Karafyllakis
>
> In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
> <tyler@...> wrote: