Digital BW, The Print

Sorry for the cross posting but it seems relevent...
I've just got hold of a small pack of museo and I thought I'd share some
initial impressions. I'm printing on an 1160, piezo CIS, lever in the down
position. I was looking for a paper to print portfolio prints on. My usual
WR/WT being too textured IMO for the kind of viewing distance typical of
portfolio prints. I've only printed a couple of images, and I've only used
the concord rag profile as advised by Crane.
This is a very smooth sheet. Smoother than Torchon (thanks Tim, arrived
today!). It is a good weight with a suitable 'fine art' feel. Mid tones and
high lights are superb. I've just finished printing my Print exchange image
which is almost totally about shades of grey with little blacks, and the
image is superior IMO to WT/WR, where the texture gets in the way of small
details. The downside is that the blacks have less impact than WT/WR and on
one of the images I printed gave the impression of being less focussed.
In conclusion, I'll certainly use it for the portfolio. It is a good paper
and under the loupe hides the dither pattern better than WT/WR. I'll try
experimenting with different profiles. WR/WT remains my paper of choice for
framed exhibition prints. I have an exhibition in October and I'll print on
WR/WT. I'm hoping that the new Hahnemuhle has a similar feel but with better
blacks than Museo.

Julian

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Julian Thomas
Bruc 168-6-1
08037 Barcelona

tfno 679676321

Julian,

I tried some Museo and Torchon for the first time last week and my 
impressions of the Museo are very similar to yours. I think that it 
has one of the nicest surfaces around. (Best paper to varnish that I 
have found so far, if you ever have the urge.) My only complaints are 
the weaker blacks and I would like a brighter white base. But a good 
choice for smaller prints meant to be handheld.

I really like the blacks, white base and overall tone of the Torchon. 
At the moment I prefer it to the Turner 190 and German Etching. If 
this paper were available in a smooth texture like Museo it would be 
a strong contender to replace Epson Archival Matte for me. I should 
get the Schoellershammer Velvet 225 in a day or two and see how that 
prints.

Martin



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas" 
<julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> Sorry for the cross posting but it seems relevent...
> I've just got hold of a small pack of museo and I thought I'd share 
some
> initial impressions. I'm printing on an 1160, piezo CIS, lever in 
the down
> position. I was looking for a paper to print portfolio prints on. 
My usual
> WR/WT being too textured IMO for the kind of viewing distance 
typical of
> portfolio prints. I've only printed a couple of images, and I've 
only used
> the concord rag profile as advised by Crane.
> This is a very smooth sheet. Smoother than Torchon (thanks Tim, 
arrived
> today!). It is a good weight with a suitable 'fine art' feel. Mid 
tones and
> high lights are superb. I've just finished printing my Print 
exchange image
> which is almost totally about shades of grey with little blacks, 
and the
> image is superior IMO to WT/WR, where the texture gets in the way 
of small
> details. The downside is that the blacks have less impact than 
WT/WR and on
> one of the images I printed gave the impression of being less 
focussed.
> In conclusion, I'll certainly use it for the portfolio. It is a 
good paper
> and under the loupe hides the dither pattern better than WT/WR. 
I'll try
> experimenting with different profiles. WR/WT remains my paper of 
choice for
> framed exhibition prints. I have an exhibition in October and I'll 
print on
> WR/WT. I'm hoping that the new Hahnemuhle has a similar feel but 
with better

> blacks than Museo.
> 
> Julian
> 
> -----------------------------------
> Julian Thomas
> Bruc 168-6-1
> 08037 Barcelona
> 
> tfno 679676321