Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Sergei Antonov"
<antonovsergei@...> wrote:
>
> Out of curiosity I measured all matte papers that I have in house. I 
> used X-Rite DTP20UV:
> 
>                 L        a        b      R        G        B
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> PremierArtBW    94.14    1.05    -2.02   238.86   237.55   242.05
> Moab Kayenta    96.16    0.49    -2.29   243.33   243.71   248.36
> EEM             96.68   -0.28     0.61   245.25   245.55   244.21
> Moab Entrada W  97.06    0.59    -0.83   247.13   246.16   248.14
> Epson ScrapBook 96.87   -0.06     2.01   247.18   245.90   242.01
> PremierArtFA    96.73    0.06     2.03   247.03   245.42   241.63
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Results are a bit of surprise for me: I thought that PremierArtBW
> is actually brighter than PremierArtFA (205), or that EEM will have 
> the most neutral tone from all measured papers.
> 
> --Sergei
> 
> Hi, Sergei,

Could you please explain those numbers for those of us who cannot
fathom their significance.  Is there a summation you can come up with?
 Thanks.
>