Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Don. I guess it's wait and see! B. On 4-mrt-2006, at 1:00, Don Dory wrote: > Bruce, > The tested papers were not the new paper. I have been watching the > B&W > paper wars for a long time, and up until the new papers showed up, > the best > B&W traditional look paper was the gloss on an HP whatever > machine. Both > the new Innova paper and the Hannemuhle looked and felt like > traditional > fibre prints. Deep rich blacks that transitioned into lovely grays > and > clean whites. No artsy fartsy fine art water color paper low Dmax > in the > new corner. > > Pretty exciting really. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 3/3/06, bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote: >> >> As a follow-on to the Innova paper question: >> http://www.jeremydaalder.com/singleArticle.php?articleID=7 >> >> >> On 3-mrt-2006, at 4:51, Don Dory wrote: >>> Interesting advance for Epson printers, a small English company, >>> Innova was >>> showing an inkjet paper that looked exactly like Illford Gallerie >>> glossy air >>> dried. Great feel, wonderful deep dark Dmax, fabulous feel of >>> depth. >>> >>> Hannemuhle also showed a wonderful paper that looked as good as the >>> above. >>> I think that inkjeters just moved into the mainstream and out of >>> the artsy >>> world. No more excuses that you like the fuzzy look of 100% rag >>> paper. You >>> would have to see the black blacks and smooth gradation to real >>> looking >>> whites. Depth to the image that in the past only came from wet >>> work. >> >> Happy reading, >> B. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information