Re: Classic Velour Problem & any alternatives??

[Tyler Boley <tyler@tylerboley.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I haven't had the reported flaking on LFA, but I bought a large quantity
when it very first came out and am still on that batch. It's possible
some manufacturing change may have occurred. I'm also now suspect that
these papers are not all identical. You seem to be getting slightly
different results with Frankfurter than LFA or Orwell. I seem to
remember Ernst Dinkla posting that Hahnemühle insists Lyson puts their
own coating on the paper, as opposed to Hahnemühle's German Etching, the
same base paper. Ernst seems very informed about all things Hahnemühle.
Allen Takichi Maertz first began posting about this some time ago, I
think his conclusion was to wipe the paper before printing, then spray
it afterwards.
This rebranding and lack of info gets a bit tiresome. And what are these
new Luminos papers? Probably something we've already tried under another brand?
Tyler

> You might try Frankfurt paper http://www.photoinkjet.com This is reported to 
> be the same as classic Velour. My portfolio book of 35 10 inch prints has not 
> shown any flake off at all. I know another user who's book is on Lyson Fine 
> Art "LFA" agian supposed to be the same as Classic Velour and he has know 
> flake off either. However I'am using Piezo b&w pigment inks and he is using 
> Lyson Dye based color inks. At anyrate the frankfurt is cheaper for the same 
> product.
> Buy the way Sumerset Enhanced prints very nice but is not nearly the same 
> weight as Classic Velour.
> Steve M.
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