Digital BW, The Print

At 04:07 AM Thursday 5/17/2007, you wrote:
>I've always thought that from a "collectible" perspective, pure "carbon on
>cotton" might be the ultimate B&W inkjet medium. With the 1800 firing 3
>channels of Eboni onto UN-coated Arches Bright White Hot Press 140 lb. (300
>gsm), I think I'm closer to an acceptable photo-quality "pure" carbon on
>cotton image than I've seen before. 

Ages ago, I had relative success with the uncoated 'Fabriano Artistico Rough' (better blacks than I got with the Arches Hot Press) - but you have to want texture. I've not returned to it because the coated papers have better dmax.

Richard 
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