On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 11:11 PM, David R. Spielman wrote:
> Carl,
>
> You didn't mention, but I assume you used the matte black UC ink in
> your
> dMax tests and not the Photo Black?
> Best Regards,
>
> David R. Spielman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Schofield [mailto:scho@...]
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:15 PM
> To: digitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Premier (Ultrasmooth) Fine Art Paper Test &
> Profiles
>
>
>
> I purchased a 20 sheet box ($26.95) of the Premier Imaging
> UltraSmooth
> Fine Art paper (325 gsm) for evaluation from photowarehouse.biz and
> also a 50 sheet box ($12.95) of the Premier Imaging Premium Matte
> (210
> gsm) paper. I purchased the latter paper to meet the $35 minimum
> order
> requirement. The Premier Fine Art (PFA) is a sturdy, off white
> color,
> no OB, coated on both sides, cotton rag paper. Surface is very
> smooth
> with a very slight texture on one side (the difference in texture
> between the two sides is much less pronounced compared to Eclipse
> Satine). The Premier Premium Matte (PPM) is also double sided with
> similar surface texture characteristics, but is a brighter white
> color
> and somewhat flimsy feeling for a double sided 210 gsm paper. I made
> profiles for both papers with the Epson 2200, UC inks, and
> QuadToneRIP
> 2.0 (beta 8). Printing characteristics were similar for both papers
> and no problems were observed with mottling or burnishing in the
> blacks. I haven't noticed any flaking problems yet, but it has been
> quite humid here and I haven't deliberately tried to rough up the
> papers. Paper base and dmax values were as follows:
>
> PFA: base 0.02, dmax 1.60
> PPM: base 0.05, dmax 1.59
>
> Prints look quite good on both papers with smooth tonal transitions
> and
> good blacks (despite the ho-hum dmax values). If you can deal with
> the
> light weight of the PPM it is a good value as a proofing paper. The
> PFA is nice, but I'm waiting to compare results and prices from other
> variants of this paper (particularly Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art).
> The QTR profiles and density data for these papers are available in
> the
> PPM and PFA archives in the QuadToneRIP 2.0 folder on my filesharing
> web site:
> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing2.html
>
> Carl
>
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