Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "SteveZ" <blizzie12@...> wrote:
>
> Lately, I've been experimenting with different fine art papers and been 
> wanting to try Museo Max. I don't read much about this paper on this 
> forum, although Crane raves about how wonderful it is for black&white 
> printing.
> 
> Does anyone use this paper, and if so, can you tell me about it?
> I've used Portfolio Rag and Silver Rag.
> 
> How does MAX compare to these Crane papers?
>

Max is one of my all time favorites and I use it almost exclusively for Black and White and 
now also color work.  It does have some texture to it and that is why I like it more than a 
totally smooth surface.  Its a matte paper so differs totally from Silver Rag to answer one 
of your questions.  

Something to point out though as others may have pointed out about Portfolio Rag, MAX 
overinks very easily.  You will need to control your ink limits on this paper otherwise you 
will lose DMAX.  The other thing I also noticed is that MAX in rolls is different than Sheets.  
Sheet cut gives more DMAX (unless I just got a freak bunch).  To print a show, I once made 
a Bowhaus profile on MAX Sheet Cut.  I used the same profile on a MAX roll and was 
shocked to see how flat the image looked.  The two papers were totally different.  I then 
had to make a fresh profile for the Roll.