Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

Is there any way I can entice you to come back to participating in the b/w print exchanges? I remember your gritty contributions from a few years back. Just looked at your website, and would love to see more of your prints.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Sintchak <rich815@...> wrote:
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> Very nice Clayton!  I just ordered a couple boxes from Atlex.....
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> Richard S.
> Albany, CA (San Francisco bay area)
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> My Photography Website
> http://www.lightshadowandtone.com
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> My Flickr River
> http://flickriver.com/photos/rich8155/popular-interesting/
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> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:38 AM, ClaytonJ <cj@...> wrote:
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> > Hello All,
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> > I've been testing Epson's Hot Press Natural and have just updated the
> > "Great Paper Chase" article on the web site with a review (article #5 at the
> > link below). As Paul has already mentioned, this is a significant paper (I
> > think he said it may be a "game changer") and is certainly a welcome
> > addition to the matte paper lineup.
> >
> > The bottom line is we finally have a non-OBA matte paper with Dmax equal to
> > the best OBA matte papers: 1.75, same as VFA (this is for K3 MK ink; I
> > haven't tested with Eboni, so it may be a bit different). And as Paul
> > mentioned, it renders carbon inks a bit cooler than most other "natural"
> > papers, which will be welcomed by those who like more neutral prints
> > (although highlights will be warmish due to the paper color, which you may
> > or may not like - just have to try it and see). For details please see the
> > K3 section of the article.
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> > I've been making a variety of prints with it on my 2400 and am very
> > pleased, it's really pretty stuff. There's no curl and so far has had only
> > one tiny flake (I was disappointed with Generations Alise Natural because of
> > bad curl and flaking).
> > So far, so good - Imahappycamper.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clayton
> >
> > Info on black and white digital printing at
> > http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> > I-Trak 2.1 http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
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