Digital BW, The Print

In the non-OBA area, I think the Red River Aurora Natural is about 
the best bargain there is.  The dmax is a bit modest, but still in 
the low 1.6's.  (I generally cut off my testing of a paper with less 
than 1.6 unless if it unique.)  It prints slightly warmer than the 
Premier Art Hot Press papers, but not as warmly as MIS Alpha/Innova 
Soft Texture.

Their Polar is similar to Premier Art Matte BW and other similar very 
bright, high dmax matte papers. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mbrouphy" 
<mbrouphy@...> wrote:
>
> I was looking over some of the specs for several of the papers 
carried 
> or made by Red River and I'm looking for some user advice.
> 
> What kind of experience have fellow members of this group had with 
> their GreenPix Matte, 60lb Polar Matte, and Aurora Natural papers.  
> I've used the Polar Matte for notecards I think it's terrific but 
for 
> my print purposes it might be too bright.  I'm looking specifically 
for 
> a nice natural, less white (with or without and OBA), to match up 
with 
> the Eboni UT2 inkset that prints nice and warm.  A warmer paper 
should 
> take the Zone 8,9 and 10 areas down where I can work on punching up 
the 
> highligts keep the low/mid-tones intact.
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance...Mike
> New Orleans, LA
> www.NewOrleansPhotoArt.com
>