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by Mike McNamee Published 01/04/2010

Smooth Fine Art
This is a lovely set of papers covering all possibilities and desires for the avid fine art printer who also likes a clean smooth finish. There are seven papers:
Portrait Velvet 310gsm
Portfolio 200gsm
Portrait 300gsm
Portrait White 285gsm
Omega 310gsm
Alpha 310gsm
Smooth Art Silk 300gsm

Portrait White is brightened with a Lab b value of -4 and Alpha 310 is a natural cream with a b value of +2. The others are close to neutral.
The colour statistics are characterised by truly superb skin tone eproduction and high overall colour accuracy. The Dmax values are all typical of matt art media and the CII values are all low.
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