Digital BW, The Print

Aurora Natural Lab L = 16.65 - 17 with QTR, 7800, & Eboni.  That's 1.65 - 1.64.  I have not worked with enough batches to know what to expect with respect to variances among the batches.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "met.graphix" <metgraphix@...> wrote:
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> I've had a box sitting around here for a while and got hold of it a couple of days ago to create some QTR profiles. I was surprised at the dmax I'm getting (or lack thereof). 1.55 seem to be the best I can get with ebony. I used it in the past (in roll) and I seem to remember I was getting better values than this. What kind of numbers do other people get?
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> > I've been looking for a non-OBA paper to use with a mix of HP PK and Eboni for my more neutral printing. (I'm moving away from all OBAs.)  The Aurora Natural looks like a real bargain.  Here are the relative costs of some papers for 13x19 sheets:
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> > Arches watercolor -- $1.70,
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> > Alise Natural -- $2.24,
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> > Premier Art 325 -- $2.75.
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> > The Aurora N actually seems to have the lowest Lab B of the group, which is a positive factor for my use.  The Aurora is on the thin side (13 mils) but it's thicker than the 200 gsm paper I've used with good results.
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> > Does anybody have any bad news relating to Aurora Natural?  It seems like a bargain.
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