Digital BW, The Print

sounds great John and Peter, i'm really looking for something other than silver rag's 
stipple.  can I ask  where your samples are from?  or who has the best price?  thanks, 

chuck

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, John Custodio 
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> This is absolutly the best of the new fiber glossy papers I've tried. Great depth, with a 
surface that is not obtrusive.
> -John
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> From: zonepeter <zonepeter@...>
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:12:57 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Innova Fiba print semi matte
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>             Just got my samples today.  2 sheets!  Hard to do much testing, but 
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> here are my first impressions:
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> Dmax with UC3 PK:  2.35  Dried with hair dryer.  It may still come 
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> down some.  This compares to 2.43 with Innova type F.  
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> The surface is very smooth.  It stills shows a little texture, 
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> similair in appearance to the type F but less.  And none of the 
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> stippling that Silver Rag and Fine Art Pearl have.  It is slightly 
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> less glossy than an air dried F service silver print.  I actually 
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> think that the Innova type F is the closest I have seen in terms of 
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> It has OBAs and the surface color is similiar to the type F. 
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> It does seem to exhibit a bit of gloss differential.  I haven't tried 
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> the highlight point shift yet to see if it will correct it.
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> I made a quick QTRICC profile using neutral(0/0) / dark.
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> Using neutral settings, I like the color tone I am getting.  This is 
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> very much a first impression, but it seems neutral with a slight 
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> selenium sort of a look to my eye.  The type F looks the same, and I 
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> think it is the best looking print I have made at the neutral setting 
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> Last and best...and very subjective on my part (as all of this is):
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> I have always thought that matte papers have a depth that is lacking 
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> on glossy.  Even the newest one.  My first impression of the semi 
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> matte is that it has some of this depth.  In looking at a receding 
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> landscape it seems to have some of that sense that you can crawl into 
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> the picture like the good matte papers do.  That is one of the things 
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> that has kept me using matte papers most of the time.
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> My overall impression.. .and this is based on only 2 small (4x6) 
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> pictures,is that I like it.  There is still room for improvement. ..I 
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> am hoping that Hahnemuhle introduces the PhotoRag Pearl I have read 
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> about and that it is great, but right now, I will be ordering the 
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> Innova semi-matte tomorrow!!
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