Digital BW, The Print

I agree with the others that buying sample packs and printing the  
image is the way to go! I've been approached by a wedding that claims  
he's so busy he cant do this extra work........ Local artists what  
digital copies of their paintings, drawings, etc.. This guy has seen  
some of my work on Hah German Etching from my Epson 4800. The very  
next thing I did was by a Hahnem�hle sampler pack, 18 - 8.5 x 11  
inches, all but one prints with matte ink. I'm printing 2 5x7 one one  
sheet of every sample and then I'll print 1 8x10 using ABW and see  
what's up. At least when I'm done I have a pretty good idea how 9   
papers work.

PS: >Since I'm not an experienced digital printer, It's also very  
good practice printing for me <G>

Alan

On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:39 PM, SteveZ wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
> <cj@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Steve,
> >
> > >I have some beautiful winter rural snowcapes I wanted to print,
> but
> > >undecided which paper to use. The snowscapes are somewhat hi-key
> with
> > >not a lot of shadow detail or contrast. I'm open to suggestions on
> > >which brands, textures, tones, etc. to use that will best simulate
> > >the softness, subtle feel of snow. I'm using a 3800 with K3 inks.
> > >
> > >Since I'm not an experienced digital printer, I'd appreciate
> hearing
> > >some of your thoughts and suggestions.
> >
> > Any good paper will do a good job at that. Please have a look at
> > article #5 at the link below. It lists characteristics of about 25
> > matte papers. When I was doing research for it I printed two test
> > prints on all of those papers. One of them was a snow scene which
> had
> > a large patch of brilliant white snow with subtle detail in the snow
> > texture. In general I found the biggest difference in the papers
> was
> > in how they handled shadow detail. They all handled the snow very
> well.
> >
> > Any differences will most likely come down to how the dark areas are
> > handled, and personal preference for the highlights. For example,
> if
> > you visually want the snow to be white, then you might not be happy
> > with a creamy warm colored paper. But that's the sort of thing only
> > you can decide for yourself. Unfortunately the only way to find
> your
> > paper is to lay out some bucks and buy some samples. Only by making
> > prints will you find your way there.
> >
> > Since you are using 3800/K3 I'd definitely recommend Epson Velvet
> Fine
> > Art as a starting point. K3 is superb on this paper and it will
> > certainly set a high standard for others to match.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clayton
> >
> >
> > Info on black and white digital printing at
> > http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>
> Thanks, Clayton. Yes, I often refer back to your series on articles
> on Fine Art Digital Printing. It's a valuable resource guide,
> especially for beginners like me.
>
> This evening I made some test prints using VFA and didn't really like
> the results. I found the snow looked too warm on this paper, although
> the texture made the images look quite interesting.
>
> I also tried Moab Entrada BW and found this paper more suitable for
> printing my cold wintery snowscapes.
>
> I plan to test more papers with a brightness value in the range of W1-
> W2.
>
>
> 



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