Digital BW, The Print

This might be a bit OT , but I guess that I'm a bit surprised that it  
seems most everyone is using HPR.  I used to use that paper, but I  
tried Cranes Museo Portfolio Rag a couple of years ago, and to my eye  
(or perhaps my printing style), I found the Crane's to be a bit more  
three dimensional, with excellent blacks, and actually prefer it to HPR.
I'm using the Ultrachrome K3 inkset, but I'm printing both color and  
b&w and sepia, through Imageprint, with great results.
Anyone else happy with that paper?
I did have a few yellowing instances with HPR, that I've never had  
with the Cranes.
David
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David Aschkenas
915 N. Euclid Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412-363-3458
www.daschkenasphoto.com

On Dec 7, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Brubaker family wrote:

> Tyler,
> Is there a current paper that you would recommend to be considered  
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> --- On Sun, 12/6/09, tboleyyh <tyler@...> wrote:
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> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Aardenburg Imaging Fade Tests
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 7:26 PM
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>>  ....it's the coating adhesion and coating chemistry interacting  
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> This has to be stressed over and over. All you have to do is go  
> through the results, and see the differences between the various  
> high end fine art papers with the same ink sets. Some consistencies  
> take shape, and the major difference has to be brand coating  
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> Even though it is currently scoring fairly well, but  
> inconsistently, this is one reason I wish HPR was NOT the paper we  
> use to look for inkset performance differences.  As a printer for  
> others, I have had a lot of HPR go though my studio since it's  
> introduction into the market. It is the most problematic paper I  
> have ever worked with in terms of consistency, paper base hue and  
> whiteness, dmax, ink load capability, etc... In addition, the  
> yellowing associated with the visible creation of some sulfur  
> compound in reaction to the coating and certain airborne chemicals  
> seems much more common with HPR than other papers.
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> This has nothing to do with Mark, he tests what's submitted. Also,  
> I don't mean to disparage the HPR information so far, not at all.  
> It's scoring well with various setups, but it makes me nervous...
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> It will be interesting to start to see some of the uncoated results  
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> I hope Aardenberg finds enough support to stay healthy over time,  
> as the more data we have to compare, from more combinations and  
> time, the more useful the database becomes.
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> I can think of so many combinations to try...
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