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Re: [Digital BW] Epson Enhanced and Archival Matte

2010-01-24 by john

If you want to see what the base color will end up like, just turn it over.

john



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Sintchak <rich815@...> wrote:
>
> If I remember right it's made from wood fibers too, not cotton.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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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