Digital BW, The Print

Shameless self promotion:
I am a long time lurker and sometimes participant here.  
I am having a show in Napa California opening on Friday Feb 23 through 
April 5th.  The is an opening reception on Friday Feb 23 from 6:30 -
8:30.  I would love to meet members and share a glass of sparkling 
wine.  The photos will all be black and whites printed digitally. 
Many of them are on Innova Semi Matte.

The show is at the Artissimo Gallery at 3373 Solano Ave in Napa.  It is 
located in the Redwood Plaza.

Thanks and I hope to see you there.

Peter Langham

Just got my box of innova semi matte. I am the guy that expressed  
disappointment with the innova f type glossy because the gloss  
differential was just as pronounced as with any other paper. (others  
argued the point, but it was sitting right there)
Well, the innova semi matte is way better. The paper seems to tame  
the gloss of the inks. With the f type, the inks were like a glossy  
sticker that you were tempted to peel off the paper. with the semi  
matte, the inks are much less glossy, and match the gloss of the  
paper nicely. The surface is actually smoother that the f type  
glossy. The f-type has little parallel lines in the surface that  
affected the image under certain conditions. The semi matte has a  
smooth surface with no lines it. I am much more pleased with this  
paper. I dont think I will be spraying it either, which is very nice.
DM

Great. Thanks for that report. When I saw it at Photo Expo it looked
better to me too. I'm really looking forward to it. I may even be able
to print black and white with the K2 Ultrachome on it, hopefully. 

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Douglas meeuwsen
<lipshurt@...> wrote:

>
> 
> Just got my box of innova semi matte. I am the guy that expressed  
> disappointment with the innova f type glossy because the gloss  
> differential was just as pronounced as with any other paper. (others  
> argued the point, but it was sitting right there)
> Well, the innova semi matte is way better. The paper seems to tame  
> the gloss of the inks. With the f type, the inks were like a glossy  
> sticker that you were tempted to peel off the paper. with the semi  
> matte, the inks are much less glossy, and match the gloss of the  
> paper nicely. The surface is actually smoother that the f type  
> glossy. The f-type has little parallel lines in the surface that  
> affected the image under certain conditions. The semi matte has a  
> smooth surface with no lines it. I am much more pleased with this  
> paper. I dont think I will be spraying it either, which is very nice.
> DM
>

Does this paper have less of a curl problem than the F-gloss?

Best regards,
John Moody

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[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Douglas
meeuwsen
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 3:49 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] innova semi matte


Just got my box of innova semi matte. I am the guy that expressed
disappointment with the innova f type glossy because the gloss
differential was just as pronounced as with any other paper. (others
argued the point, but it was sitting right there)
Well, the innova semi matte is way better. The paper seems to tame
the gloss of the inks. With the f type, the inks were like a glossy
sticker that you were tempted to peel off the paper. with the semi
matte, the inks are much less glossy, and match the gloss of the
paper nicely. The surface is actually smoother that the f type
glossy. The f-type has little parallel lines in the surface that
affected the image under certain conditions. The semi matte has a
smooth surface with no lines it. I am much more pleased with this
paper. I dont think I will be spraying it either, which is very nice.
DM



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This probably varies box by box, but my box of semi matte is  
perfectly flat and goes through the 2400 with no issues at all. My  
box of f-type glossy, is curled at both ends, and needs a couple  
minutes of uncurling to go through without smearing ink all over the  
ends of the paper. Yuk. ...Doug M
On Feb 20, 2007, at 6:07 AM, John Moody wrote:

> Does this paper have less of a curl problem than the F-gloss?
>
> Best regards,
> John Moody


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