Digital BW, The Print

Just as another point of reference: I purchased a box of 02CC2004M EAM from
CompUSA a couple days ago.  Brought it home and compared it to my existing
supply of EAM (02BB1014M) and I could see no difference between the two sets
of paper.  I've asked several other people to examine the papers,
specifically with respect to whether one looks more yellow than another, and
no one could see a difference.  This leads me to believe that not all papers
in the 02CC2004M lot are affected.  Also, it seems like one of the Epson
reps implied or stated that there hasn't been an intentional change in EAM's
manufacturing specs (which is good news).  Could an environmental factor
related to improper storage of the paper somewhere along the chain of
distribution from manufacture to retail point of sale cause the paper to
yellow?

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska

Gary, the box I had you could only see the difference in subdued 
light. If you looked at it near a bright window you could not see any 
diff. but in sibdued light you could really see a diff.

Vinny
http://www.wulfsden.com




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Gary Benson" 
<bensonga@g...> wrote:
> Just as another point of reference: I purchased a box of 02CC2004M 
EAM from
> CompUSA a couple days ago.  Brought it home and compared it to my 
existing
> supply of EAM (02BB1014M) and I could see no difference between the 
two sets
> of paper.  I've asked several other people to examine the papers,
> specifically with respect to whether one looks more yellow than 
another, and
> no one could see a difference.  This leads me to believe that not 
all papers
> in the 02CC2004M lot are affected.  Also, it seems like one of the 
Epson
> reps implied or stated that there hasn't been an intentional change 
in EAM's
> manufacturing specs (which is good news).  Could an environmental 
factor
> related to improper storage of the paper somewhere along the chain 
of
> distribution from manufacture to retail point of sale cause the 
paper to

> yellow?
> 
> Gary Benson
> Eagle River, Alaska

Gary,

Do you have some test strips or photos that would show whether the new EAM
you purchased has the same depth of black?

In my comparison, the new white was just 0.01 darker -- not a real obvious
problem.  On the other hand, we worry about the depth of black so much that
the 1.60 of the new paper was a big disappointment next to the 1.68 of the
last lot of EAM I had.  (These numbers are for the 3000 and Epson driver.
The smaller desktops have slightly lighter blacks; the 7000 has an even
weaker black.  The Piezo driver also has a significantly weaker black with
desktop printers than does the Epson driver.)

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

___________________________________________

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Gary Benson [mailto:bensonga@...]
  Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:58 PM
  To: DigitalBWPrint
  Subject: [Digital BW] EAM Lot #02CC2004M


  Just as another point of reference: I purchased a box of 02CC2004M EAM
from
  CompUSA a couple days ago.  Brought it home and compared it to my existing
  supply of EAM (02BB1014M) and I could see no difference between the two
sets
  of paper.  I've asked several other people to examine the papers,
  specifically with respect to whether one looks more yellow than another,
and
  no one could see a difference.  This leads me to believe that not all
papers
  in the 02CC2004M lot are affected.  Also, it seems like one of the Epson
  reps implied or stated that there hasn't been an intentional change in
EAM's
  manufacturing specs (which is good news).  Could an environmental factor
  related to improper storage of the paper somewhere along the chain of
  distribution from manufacture to retail point of sale cause the paper to
  yellow?

  Gary Benson
  Eagle River, Alaska


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