Digital BW, The Print

I just reflected again on the fact that Wilhelm has the best black and
white permanency rating for the  Epson Velvet Fine Art paper with
Ultrachrome inks (no uv spray coating). That is 406 wilhelm years
under glass compared to 100 years less for the Premier Art Hotpress
with the same inks AND a uv coating.

http://www.wilhelm-research.com/epson/9880.html

That's pretty signigicant, especially when one considers that the dmax
with Ultrachrome is way beyond all the other matte rag papers out
there. ( not true with Cone inks however, :-( ). Anyone who has tried
to match the deep black with Ultrachomre on any Hahnemuhle paper knows
exactly what I'm talking about. It isn't even close with UC. 

Can ANYONE think of a reason this paper is not being offered in rolls?
 Is is that damn fragile? To me it has a superior texture and gamut to
Somerset Velvet with far greater stability ratings and dmax? But 17x22
is the limit. Strange indeed.



http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/ProductMediaSpec.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Overview&oid=-9824&category=Paper+%26+Media




John