Digital BW, The Print

Well finally after searching google for you for 45 minutes I did 
finally come up with what seems to be an authoratative source that 
states that EPL has OBAs and EPSG does not. Please look about half 
way down this page:

http://www.swpp.co.uk/professional_imagemaker/epson_stylus_pro.htm

Cheers,

http://www.scottjonesphoto.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Andy-J 
<andyj1011@...> wrote:
>
> 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<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePr
int%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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