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Re: [Digital BW] Epson Enhanced and Archival Matte

2010-01-23 by Richard Sintchak

If I remember right it's made from wood fibers too, not cotton.

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On Jan 23, 2010, at 2:24 PM, "horstenj" <j.h.j.h@...> wrote:

>
> > Joost, it seems Epson sells the same paper under different names in
> > different markets. Here in Australia the paper is still sold as
> > 'Archival Matte' -- see
> > http://www.epson.com.au/consumables/paperandmedia/567.html --  
> which, as
> > others have noted, amounts to false advertising. I'm happy to use  
> it for
> > proofing and other short-term purposes, but I would never sell a  
> print
> > made on this paper.
> >
> > Peter Marquis-Kyle
> >
>
> Also in the Netherlands the Epson site offers Archival Matte. No  
> mentioning of Enhanced Matte now, though I'm pretty sure they have  
> listed it. The driver of my Epson 3800 lists both.
>
> Like all others, I've avoided it for serious printing. Find it a  
> good proofing paper though. I guess I just hoped for a cheaper  
> version of Photo Rag...
>
> Is the issue "just" its amount of OBA, I recall it was not even acid  
> free...?
>
> Joost
>
> 


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