Digital BW, The Print

Can anyone reccomend a archival double-sided paper and ink combo?
I will be printing on 11x17 on paper to be bound in books.

I haven't yet purchased a printer and therefore am totally open.

Any suggestions are appreciated! I am open to true monochrome or color inks.
I would love to simulate the traditional semi-gloss photo book and don't care 
much about the tactile appeal of fine art paper. 

Thanks in advance for any help!

Hello,

I am pretty sure that www.lexjet.com carries a double sided semi-gloss.
the Hahnemuhle is a matte paper - quite beautiful, and you could coat 
it with Clearshield Clearcoat.   It is supposed to offer durability and 
it gives the matte paper a satin finish.
I am testing it this weekend  and I will let you know how the surface 
looks.

http://www.lexjet.com/lexjet/search.asp?q1=duo

the 316 may be too thick for book pages, but maybe the 196g ?

good luck,
Ashley


On Friday, April 9, 2004, at 08:44 PM, jadreon_keller wrote:

> Can anyone reccomend a archival double-sided paper and ink combo?
> I will be printing on 11x17 on paper to be bound in books.
>
> I haven't yet purchased a printer and therefore am totally open.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated! I am open to true monochrome or color 
> inks.
> I would love to simulate the traditional semi-gloss photo book and 
> don't care
> much about the tactile appeal of fine art paper.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
>
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Premium Photo Semi-Gloss Two Sided

http://www.photowarehouse.biz/premier.html

It's a  microporous paper, so, I would recommend pigmented inks.


 
Keith Krebs

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User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
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"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"

>Can anyone reccomend a archival double-sided paper and ink combo?

There are several 2-sided papers available.  These two come to mind,
maybe others will add to the list:

- H. PhotoRag has a 2-side version
- Hawk Mtn. Condor BW is 2-sided

(those are 100% cotton archival papers.  Epson makes a wood pulp based
2-side paper, I forget what it's called...)


>I haven't yet purchased a printer and therefore am totally open.

Lots of choices here, an entire subject on its own.  Several questions
to answer

1) How big do you want to print?
2) Do you want to print color and BW on the same printer?
3) Do you want archival prints?


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm