Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone here tried Red River's  60lb. Polar Matte Double Sided, or their  60lb. Premium Matte Double Sided ?..Both are priced competitively with the discontinued Premiere C2s.. 
I've had very good results with Red River AUORA NATURAL MATTE which is "archival", and also with their 68lb ULTRA-PRO Satin which I use for both B&W and Color..

Eddie Wiseman



----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Smallfield 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:PremierArt MattBW discontinued


  Hi Myron,
  I would not like to exhibit photos on such light paper, because I don't think it's going to lie flat nearly as well as the 210gsm paper.

  Maybe I'll buy a box as a trial, but I remain very disappointed.

  I wonder what the price difference will be and wonder if this is simply a cost-cutting exercise.

  Richard

  At 07:34 a.m. Friday 13/02/2009, you wrote:

  >> PremierArt Matt BW has been disconinued and replaced with a 180gsm 
  >> single-sided paper - PrmierArt Deluxe Presentation Matt:
  >> <http://www.premierimagingproducts.com/pm_mattebw.php>http://www.premierimagingproducts.com/pm_mattebw.php
  >
  >Yes, 180gsm is on the light side, but for mounted prints that in 
  >itself is not a deal-breaker.
  >
  >I too like the double sided Matt BW, but I rarely used the "other" side.
  >
  >Let's reserve judgment until we actually print on the new paper. It 
  >may, in fact, turn out that for *visual* purposes the extra 30gsm was 
  >needed only to prevent interaction of the images on the two sides.
  >
  >That having been said, I should note that my experience has been that 
  >210gsm papers are often inferior visually to heavier papers, even from 
  >the same manufacturer and within the same product line.
  >
  >Myron

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