Review: Moab’s Somerset Photo Satin
Sunday, May 11th, 2008We recently purchased some of Moab’s Somerset Photo Satin, a new paper that we first encountered at this year’s PMA show in Las Vegas.
Somerset Photo Satin is a thick (300gsm), 100% cotton fine-art paper made by St Cuthberts Mill, one of the oldest paper makers in the U.K. It is quite white, with a brightness [...]
Sale on pro paper at HP site
Monday, March 10th, 2008HP is running a special “Buy 1, get 1 free” promotion on 13" by 19" paper for many of its professional line of papers for the B9180 and B8850 printers. If you’re a big fan of the HP/Hahnemühle Smooth Fine Art and Watercolor papers, or HP’s Professional Satin Photo Paper (one of our new favorites), [...]
Moab ships Somerset Photo Satin 300
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Moab by Legion is now shipping Somerset Photo Satin 300, a cotton-based, traditional fine art paper produced by St Cuthberts Mill in the UK. The paper, which is free of optical brighteners, has a very smooth finish and a neutral white color. While the term ‘Satin’ might lead you to believe that it has a [...]
Crane & Co. sells Museo paper business
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008We’re currently getting ready for the annual PMA convention, which will be held next Thursday through Saturday in Las Vegas. While we were working on lining up meetings with the media companies, we discovered that Crane & Co., the venerable stationers based in Dalton, Mass., had sold their Museo line of digital fine art media [...]
Old school postcard printing
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008We’re always on the lookout for interesting paper stock for our printers; most of the time, though, it’s paper that actually goes through the printer. Last fall, while wandering through our local photo store (Pro Photo Supply, if you’re in the Portland, Oregon area), we found some postcard stock from a company in Wisconsin called [...]
Glossy papers from Red River and Moab
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008We’ve been testing quite a few printers in the past month or so–in fact, there are 10 printers set up in various states around my office as I write this. When we evaluate a printer, we start out with the printer manufacturer’s papers with our test images; in theory, that combination should offer the best [...]
Papers to choose from
Thursday, October 11th, 2007There are many large and small companies that offer excellent papers for your photo inkjet printer. Here are a few of my favorites (remember to check their Web sites for downloadable ICC profiles for your printer):
Color Textiles.If you can get past the 1990s feel to their Web site, you’ll find a nice set of fabric [...]