Digital BW, The Print

   From: "Clayton Jones" <cj@...>
Subject: Re: CondorBW with UT2 inkset

Hello Ross,

>I am interested in trying out the CondowBW paper with the UT2 
>inkset.  I currently use William Turner paper but am interested in 
>finding a more neutral, textured paper.  Which neutral UT2 curve 
>should I use with the CondowBW paper?  


>Has anyone compared CondorBW with William Turner?

I'm not a UT user but I have compared these papers.  I just posted a
review of papers at the web site below (#5 in the series).  Condor and
WT  are at the farthest opposite ends of the cold/warm spectrum. 
Condor has both the whitest paper color and the coldest ink color, and
WT is just the opposite on the warm side.  These ink color ratings are
based on how the papers render Eboni ink by itself.



I'm interested to hear for anyone who has used UT inks on these
papers.

Regards,
Clayton

From: André <mastologia@...>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:42:56 -0300
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: CondorBW with UT2 inkset/Clayton's review
To: "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yah"
<digitalblackandwhitetheprint@yahoogroups.com>


          I've just tested a sample pack from Hawk papers,printing the
same image with the same settings for all the papers,using UT-FSN
inks. I second Clayton's observations on Condor BW and Merlin Smooth.
The only problem seems to be that Hawk's website only list those two
papers in 13x19 and bigger sizes. Merlin Photo,which seems very much
like Merlin Smooth has letter size though. Seems extremely odd to
me,but that's the way it is...
Any explanations?


They'll sell you smaller sizes, just have to ask.  Merlin Smooth I
believe is $18 for 25 sheets letter size, Condow BW something like
$31-32. (My notes are at work, this is off my memory when I spoke to
Diana of HMP earlier this week).

Richard