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Re: UT2 on 1280 and looking for a new paper...

2008-04-07 by Allan Chen

Thanks Paul.  So I gotta decide if I want to try out the Alpha
Cellulose base...or perhaps the Innova Soft Texture.  Hm.

thanks,
allan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark"
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> 
> > ... ran out of my permajet alpha, which I really liked, and it's
> > not available in the US.  So I'm looking for a comparable paper.
> 
> MIS Alpha was the replacement.  It's Innova Soft Texture on an alpha 
> cellulose base.  It usually prints the same as PJ Alpha -- also and old 
> favorite of mine.  Sometimes with very dilute inksets, I've seen some 
> mottling on the alpha cellulose version, due, I believe, to the lower 
> absorbancy of the alpha cellulose base compared to the cotton base of 
> the PJ Alpha.
> 
> 
> > I can get the natural white, but I've seen some comments about it
> > having lower dmax than, say, Premier Art Smooth Hot Press.
> 
> MIS Alpha/Innova Soft Texture has the same dmax as PJ Alpha, which is 
> usually better than PA HP 205. 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

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