Digital BW, The Print

Yea, but it's French. That must be worth something to ya.






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:
>
> Ok I got some Canson Rag Photographique (CRP), hoping it would be whiter
> than HPR, and give me a somewhat different look -  but it does neither.
> 
> Here is some real data (I wish all manufacturers would publish this info).
> 
> Canson Lab paper white    97.69 0.15 0.89
> HPR Lab paper white
>    97.53 0.63 0.01
> 
> Canson is bit smoother and a tiny bit yellower as the 'b' measure shows.
> 
> Profiling with K7 standard inks it gives a truely linear density curve with
> the HPR K7 Cone curve for my R1900 printer. As straight as the HPR one is.
> They both achieve L17 dmax (approx 1.64). In fact if it wasn't for the 'ab'
> difference at the paper white end of the curve I would have been worried I'd
> somehow printed on HPR by mistake.  Below about L60 their 'ab' curves using
> Neutral/Sepia split are basically identical.
> 
> I've printed a couple of prints on CRP and I can't tell them apart from HPR.
> So at least for some inks I would say HPR and CRP are totally
> interchangeable - except in price here in UK where as I mentioned before CRP
> is 30 - 50% more expensive.
> 
> As I try the paper with other inks I'll provide an update.
> 
> Mike
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> 2009/7/18 Patrick Carr <patcarr@...>
> 
> >
> >
> > Terry Ritz wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I really like Canson Rag Photographique, which is similar to HPR.
> > > Photographique is the sharpest matte paper I've ever used. I'm getting a
> > > Dmax of 1.63 with a custom Cone curve and K7 Special Edition inks. The
> > paper
> > > has a nice weight and is reasonably priced.
> > >
> > > I'm also using Canson BFK Rives. It is slightly warmer, and has a very
> > nice,
> > > yet subtle, texture. Dmax with Cone curve and K7 is 1.59.
> > >
> > > Canson also makes an etching paper, along with a number of other textured
> > > offerings.
> > >
> > > Terry.
> > >
> >
> > I've also started using Photographique--a beautiful paper, but I'm not
> > seeing the similarity to HPR. To my eye Photographique is much whiter
> > (no OBAs) and a bit softer . . . I'm using the K7 SE too. Guess I'll
> > look into purchasing a custom curve.
> >
> > Yes, their other papers are also quite nice but very expensive.
> >
> > Patrick Carr
> > --
> > Carr Imaging
> >
> >  
> >
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