Digital BW, The Print

I was looking over some of the specs for several of the papers carried 
or made by Red River and I'm looking for some user advice.

What kind of experience have fellow members of this group had with 
their GreenPix Matte, 60lb Polar Matte, and Aurora Natural papers.  
I've used the Polar Matte for notecards I think it's terrific but for 
my print purposes it might be too bright.  I'm looking specifically for 
a nice natural, less white (with or without and OBA), to match up with 
the Eboni UT2 inkset that prints nice and warm.  A warmer paper should 
take the Zone 8,9 and 10 areas down where I can work on punching up the 
highligts keep the low/mid-tones intact.

Thanks for your help in advance...Mike
New Orleans, LA
www.NewOrleansPhotoArt.com

In the non-OBA area, I think the Red River Aurora Natural is about 
the best bargain there is.  The dmax is a bit modest, but still in 
the low 1.6's.  (I generally cut off my testing of a paper with less 
than 1.6 unless if it unique.)  It prints slightly warmer than the 
Premier Art Hot Press papers, but not as warmly as MIS Alpha/Innova 
Soft Texture.

Their Polar is similar to Premier Art Matte BW and other similar very 
bright, high dmax matte papers. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mbrouphy" 
<mbrouphy@...> wrote:
>
> I was looking over some of the specs for several of the papers 
carried 
> or made by Red River and I'm looking for some user advice.
> 
> What kind of experience have fellow members of this group had with 
> their GreenPix Matte, 60lb Polar Matte, and Aurora Natural papers.  
> I've used the Polar Matte for notecards I think it's terrific but 
for 
> my print purposes it might be too bright.  I'm looking specifically 
for 
> a nice natural, less white (with or without and OBA), to match up 
with 
> the Eboni UT2 inkset that prints nice and warm.  A warmer paper 
should 
> take the Zone 8,9 and 10 areas down where I can work on punching up 
the 

> highligts keep the low/mid-tones intact.
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance...Mike
> New Orleans, LA
> www.NewOrleansPhotoArt.com
>

MATT...

IMHO, go for the Red River ULTRA-PRO SATIN 2.0..Very much like EPSON's "semigloss", and works very well with the UT-2 INK set..I also use it for color dyes (Lyson Fotonics) in my "other 1280"..You'll LOVE the price as well..100 sheets letter size (p/n 1682) approx $30!!....
Also great for proofing with QTR/Roark  before you commit to $2.00/sheet bartya like CRANE Silver Rag, Epson Exhibition Fiber or INNOVA Gloss, or HARMON Gloss..Also a great Bartya paper is the Ilford GOLD SILK Fiber at much lower pricing, but with more of a gloss differential..
You will have the best luck with any of these papers (including the Red River) if you spray them after they're full dry ( a couple of days aor so) with Premiere Art Shield..I use the solvent based version because it also works well with my color inks which are aqueous and thus water soluable..ie..they will "run" if they get water wet....

Eddie ...

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mbrouphy 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:20 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Red River Papers


  I was looking over some of the specs for several of the papers carried 
  or made by Red River and I'm looking for some user advice.

  What kind of experience have fellow members of this group had with 
  their GreenPix Matte, 60lb Polar Matte, and Aurora Natural papers. 
  I've used the Polar Matte for notecards I think it's terrific but for 
  my print purposes it might be too bright. I'm looking specifically for 
  a nice natural, less white (with or without and OBA), to match up with 
  the Eboni UT2 inkset that prints nice and warm. A warmer paper should 
  take the Zone 8,9 and 10 areas down where I can work on punching up the 
  highligts keep the low/mid-tones intact.

  Thanks for your help in advance...Mike
  New Orleans, LA
  www.NewOrleansPhotoArt.com



   

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