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Re: [Digital BW] Epson Velvet Fine Art Super Permanent in Sheets Only?

2008-02-22 by Carolyn Frayn

On 22-Feb-08, at 7:14 AM, john dean wrote:

> snip.

> 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.

yup.. I hung a show in November, printed on EVFA for the smaller  
prints, and German Etching for larger, love the black UC on EVFA so  
much that I didn't care if they weren't exact to the GE.


>
> 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.

I'm not sure I'd want to handle it in rolls, but I've always wished  
it came in larger sheets. It's my favorite for blacks with UC.. Would  
you care to start an enquiry through epson? :)

Carolyn

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