Digital BW, The Print

Lou,

I noted you said EEM one place and Heavy Wt Matt another.  HWM is for 
dye inks and EEM for pigs.  Wonder if you were printing on HWM when 
you noted the shiney surface?

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lou4photo" 
<lmeluso@...> wrote:
>
> No replies to my original post about having difficulty getting 
prints 
> on EEM (K3 MK)without shiny surface artifacts up the gray scale to 
> the midtones. I was looking for an alternative paper for proofing. 
> However soon after my post I found a similar thread on the Epson 
wide 
> format that I pasted below in case anyone is interested. Since, I 
> have secured some samples of the Red River Polar Matte. WOW! Great 
> dmax (much better than the Epson HyWt Matte I was using)and ink 
> laydown was like velvet-smooth and dead matte all the way to 100%. 
No 
> shiny bloches. Its a very cool tone paper and acid free. A plus was 
> that it was a very close match to HPR with only a very slight curve 
> needed. It cost a bit more than the paper I was using but the 
prints 
> had me smiling again. I got some Sparrowhawk coming I'll let you 
know 
> how it fares.
> Lou
> 
> The list from the replies looks like this;
> > Red River Polar Matte
> > Harman Matte
> > Entrada 300
> > Sparrowhawk
> > Moab Kayenta
> > Lexjet Premium Archival White
> >
> > Any ideas as to which would would be the closest replacement for 
> EEM (that
> > an opinionated
> > client might easily accept)?
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback
> >
> >
> >
> 
> I find the Inkpress Photo Rag papers best, and they're not pricey. 
> Comes in
> Cool and Warm, different weights, 190, 250. Same profiles on my 
> PrintFixPro v2.
>