Epson Hot Press Bright going out of stock everywhere. Good alternatives?

[John V.]

Epson Hot press Bright has been out of stock for a while now, most roll sizes. Lexjet has been ignoring me. I'm starting to wonder..

Any other distributors out there for this paper? I'm in Southern California.

Good alternative heavyweight smooth matte papers?

John

[chamon]

Try at www.freestylephoto.biz they have great service.

Charles

[John V.]

Noted, Charles.

It's concerning with the holidays coming up. I'm hearing some talk and it doesn't sound like anything will be back to normal until after the first of the year.

Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative to HPB? Something that's also comparable price wise.


 

[AFairley]

I use Canson Rag Photographique, it is slightly warmer than the Hot Press Bright because of lower/no OBAS, but nowhere near as warm as Hot Press Natural.  But I use cut sheets.

[howardm]

+1 Canson Rag for the same reason.  HPB is brighter and OBA'd and Natural is waaay too warm for my taste.

[Ernst Dinkla]

Epson Hot press Bright has been out of stock for a while now, most roll sizes. Lexjet has been ignoring me. I'm starting to wonder..

Any other distributors out there for this paper? I'm in Southern California.

Good alternative heavyweight smooth matte papers?

John

The papers that have OBA content are always risky on the long term, the paper white will shift. The Epson Hot Press Bright seems to be quite stable in that category so recommending an alternative paper with OBA content could well become a bad advice.

Spectral plot considered Hahnemühle Photorag Bright White comes close. Also with OBA content and with a faster paper white shift in time compared to the EHPB. See Aardenburg Imaging tests for both papers.

Similar Lab L value but warmer the Canson Rag Photographique, as already mentioned. No OBA content so a safer advice.


Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm
January 2016 update, 700+ inkjet media white spectral plots

[Jeff Magidson]

Cold Press Natural is also "out of stock" at many re-sellers. Over the years, I've used a countless amount of this paper for reproducing artwork for clients. Always thought this line of paper was doing pretty well for Epson. Wonder what is going on??

[disneytoy]

Also, Epson Exhibition Watercolor 44" roll has been out of stock at all the distributors for at least 2 months. My contacts have no word when it will be available. Crazy.

I wonder what Epson's financials are?

[Gennaro_27]

Here http://www.inkjetfineart.it/shop_articoli.phtml?_categoria=015.034 Hot Press Bright is available.
This is my favourite shop where I buy things.

It is written that you can ask for an estimation concerning the shipment overseas.
If you want some help with the language please feel free to ask me.

Bye
Gennaro

[Farmer]

I wonder what Epson's financials are?

Publically listed company - not that hard to get :-)

http://global.epson.com/IR/financial_results/

[tonyrom]

Hi John, What size are you looking for?

[johnATshadesofpaper]

There are a few options you could look at - Hahnemuhle photo rag 308 , Hahnemuhle Ultra Smooth 305, Canson Rag Photographique, innova photo cotton rag to name a few.

[John V.]

Thanks guys, I was able to get it sorted out. Also, fwiw, Lexjet says availability will be end of November.