Digital BW, The Print

Richard, if I didn't know you better I'd guess you were a smoker :-)

Damn. That's bad news. Maybe it IS environmental. On the other hand,
maybe it's a batch issue, or has something to do with ambient light
and UV. 

I've just compared 11X17 Kayenta, 3 and 6 months vintage, with 
fresh-from-the-box Kayenta as well as 25 year old Agfa Brovira
(silver) and year-plus old Moab Entrada White...  Brovira was my gold
standard: this was processed "archivally" by an obsessed friend. It's
less "bright" than these inkjets but its as neutral. My short
experience with inkjet doesn't prove anything. 

I'll compare fresh Kayenta prints to all sorts of papers in recent two
years of B&W print exchanges and report back. 

Kayenta's white may vary more than others according to the room light
...can be strikingly cold, even faintly blue/magenta sometimes. Not
wonderful unless that's what one wants. It has noticable grainy
texture...maybe that reflects the ambient lighting more than some?
Most of my world is cold daylight, cold white walls etc. Maybe Kayenta
would look warm in a warm-looking room with a lot of carpets and
furniture?


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard
Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just put a Kayenta print on my wall (the room is always shady) and
to my horror, the one I put up on 1st Feb has gone about as yellow as
Epson Velvet - showing yellowing very similar to Epson Enhanced Matte
or Epson Heavyweight Matte.
> 
> I've stocked up on Kayenta, Sparrowhawk and ordered three rolls of
PremierArt Premium Matte ... and have a sinking feeling that it was a
false economy and I'll be back to using PhotoRag or similar.
> 
> Any experiences anyone?
> 
> thanks,
> Richard
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