Digital BW, The Print

Having been impressed with Red River Aurora Natural on the 1800, I tried RR
"UltraPro Satin 2.0" with the PKN I have in the 260.  It's very impressive
-- a low reflective semi-gloss (RC I believe) surface that has no serious
reflective artifacts and doesn't even seem to show pizza wheel marks.  The
dmax is 2.45.  The surfaces of the paper are acidic, but the interior
appears to be buffered, according to my acid pen.  It seems similar to the
Epson Premium glossy types in that respect.  See
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/cat=1&prod=20.htm   It's closer in
price to Costco than to the Epson Semigloss.  The 260 PKN QTR BO actual
picture image is probably better than what I've seen on either of these
other papers with any other printer I've used.

I've posted a new QTR profile for the 260 and Red River UltraPro Satin 2.0
at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/New-QTR-Profiles.zip  

For simplicity (for me) I'll start using this general zip file for new QTR
profiles for any printers.  Right now that means the 1800 and 260.  If
profiles are incorporated in QTR downloads I'll get them out of the zip file
to keep it reasonable.  If the printer type is not obvious from the file's
names, the printer names are inside the *.qidf files, which can be opened
with Notepad.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com