Digital BW, The Print

Gary,

Premier Imaging has not shared with me what it is about their coating 
that causes it to be so neutral with the Eboni-6 inkset.  I look at the 
change in the Lab B as the key.  It's not just thier bright white that 
has the relatively low change in Lab B.  The other natural smooth also 
has this characteristic, but since it's not brightened, the maximum 
warmth is more.  With the BW, the brightness of the paper essentially 
offsets the increase in the Lab B, resulting in a relatively neutral 
print with brightened highlights.

I think the coating comes from a lineage that includes old Brightcube 
Eclipse, with Hawk Mtn. Condor and Moab Entrada BW close. 

You can, by the way, still obtain Eclipse at 
http://www.photowarehouse.biz/brinkjetpa.html  

But, for neutral images, the Premier Art Smooth BW is really the 
standard for this inkset.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


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> Paul,
> I have been trying many different papers with my 1400 and E6 and most 
> of the papers have made prints very warm in tone. Today I received a 
> box of Premier Art Smooth BW and the prints came out very neutral in 
> tone compared to the many other papers I have tried. This paper does 
> not look that much whiter than Moab Entrada or other papers but the 
> prints are so much more neutral in tone it is amazing. What is 
causing 
> this significant print tone change? Is this an issue related to 
optical 
> brightners? I like the tone very much but just wonder why it is so 
> different. Do you have any ideas on this topic? 
> Thanks,
> Gary W.
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