Digital BW, The Print

horstenj schreef:
>> 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
> 
> 
> 

Joost,

I can get Enhanced Matt on rolls here in the Netherlands. Maybe Epson 
still dumps the AM sheets on the EU market. I recall that with the 
orange plague 1280 dyes they didn't change their ads here either and 
there was no EU consumer compensation like there was in the US.
Some months ago I switched from EEM to the HP Matte Litho Realistic 
though. Less OBA and heavier, paper white between Photorag-German 
Etching so good for proofing and cheaper than EEM. Unscientific testing 
(on paper white only) in a window 40 days now and the EEM has shifted, 
the Matte Litho didn't shift so far.

I think that with a recent Epson you can use the media preset of EEM and 
with a custom profile you must get at least a print equal to EEM. I used 
the Matte Litho media preset on the Z3100 for EEM so why not the other 
way around ?

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst


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