Digital BW, The Print

I know you can't tell me exactly what kind of paper this simply by my 
description...and you may not be able to identify it even if you held 
it in your hands...but I emailed my file to a place that offered to 
print it for me as a free sample of what they can do in B&W prints.
That was before I got my R2400 for Christmas.  Well now that I have my 
R2400 I printed the same exact file on Epson Enhanced Matte.  Major 
diference.  Either they tweeked my file or this paper is wicked 
diferent than EEM.  Here's the diferences between EEM and Mys (Mys 
equals mystery paper)

EEM - whiter paper based on the borders
Mys - warmer paper based on the unprinted borders
EEM - cooler or more newtral skin tone
Mys - warmer skin tone
EEM - thinner paper
Mys - roughly double the thickness and stiffer
EEM - physically feels smoother and looks smoother texture
Mys - physically feels and looks rougher textured.  not a pattern but 
randomized texture like drywall
EEM - blacks are black
Mys - blacks are far deeper and blacker like a deep dark velvet

what is your best guess to what this mystery paper is?  I just want to 
try some diferent papers based on your best guess.  I won't hold you to 
it cause I know it's hard to identify this way.

Hello Eddie,

>EEM - whiter paper based on the borders
>Mys - warmer paper based on the unprinted borders
>EEM - cooler or more newtral skin tone
>Mys - warmer skin tone
>EEM - thinner paper
>Mys - roughly double the thickness and stiffer
>EEM - physically feels smoother and looks smoother texture
>Mys - physically feels and looks rougher textured.  not a pattern but 
>randomized texture like drywall
>EEM - blacks are black
>Mys - blacks are far deeper and blacker like a deep dark velvet

It's hard to say without knowing what inks were used in each case. 
The paper color is what it is of course, but both the image tone and
dmax can vary in either direction depending on the ink.

If the inks were the same and the same settings were used in each
case, then it might be William Turner.  Given the same inks, there
aren't too many papers I can think of that would have all of these
attributes compared to EEM: warmer in paper color, warmer in ink tone,
thicker, textured, and better dmax (see article #5 at the link below
for descriptions of about 25 matte papers).

But, again, without knowing the inks it could be many things.


Regards,
Clayton


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





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