you should cruise on by one of the internet paper retailers .. like
www.inkjetart.com .. and order some samples of the differnet type of papers
they carry (and they carry most of the popular papers ont that site) ..
.. i spent about $70 on different samples .. i used up 1 whole cart of VM
MIS ink on these samples (printing wedges and what not) -- but now i'm
fairly confident in the paper i chose -- (my decision was based on output,
without much regard for longevity -- since i have no means to test for that
yet)
i'm now using:
Somerset Phot Enhanced Textured
Museo
and EAM
.. i've only used hte Museo for 11x17 prints .. and it is fabolous .. i got
some weird spots on the darkest black when i hold the print at an extreme
angle from a light source -- otherwise the print looks perfect .. the same
spots are also there when i use Somerset Photo Enhanced Velvet .. but the
PE-T does not have them. (or the EAM)..
-- ricardo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Took the plunge - paper advice?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "byronbulb" <byronbulb@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:11 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Took the plunge - paper advice?
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> > So after a frustrating week of trying to make bw prints on my 2000p I
> > broke down and ordered a 1280 as well as some VM ink.
> >
> > Now I'm just chomping at the bit to start making prints, but the
> > machine probably won't be here until next week, sigh.
> >
> > In the meantime, is there a good resource someone can recommend for
> > paper choices? I plan to start with epson's archival matte, but it
> > would be nice to get a sense of other papers people have had good luck
> > with, as well as which ones should be avoided.
>
> Byron,
>
> EAM is a good place to start since Paul's curves were built for that
paper.
> Fortunately most of the Hahnelmule papers print well with the same curves.
> Try Photo Rag which is very popular as well as German Etching and William
> Turner. For a brighter white try the Brightcube Eclipse Satine.
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> Martin
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