Digital BW, The Print

Ok...help me out here.....one of you says there are no OBAs, and the other
says there are.  Which is it?

On 1/17/07, koloshor <koloshor@...> wrote:
>
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Scott Jones"
> <peanutdogs@...> wrote:
> >
> > EPSG has no optical brighteners and has a smoother surface (not as
> > stipply or star like when seen with glancing light). EPL has optical
> > brighteners and has a grittier surface. I prefer the EPSG because the
> > surface is less obtrusive and there are no optical brighteners to
> > fade. It is my favorite paper and I use it for both color and B&W.
>
> Actually Premium Semigloss and Premium Luster have nearly identical
> OBA levels. Have a look at both of them under a black light (I have
> before, and just did again before posting this). PGPP has more OBA,
> and "Ultra" glossy has so much that it looks like a running LCD
> display compared to the others.
>
> But I agree with you on the obtrusiveness of the surfaces: I prefer
> the semigloss surface to the luster too.
>
> 
>


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