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The Hahnemuehle paper mill has been producing
quality mould made artists papers for over
415 years. Since its founding in 1584 they
have developed experience and a tradition
of excellence in art materials that have
now been brought to the digital age. Their
rich history with traditional artists and
close involvement with inkjet printer manufacturers
have allowed Hahnemühle to develop a
series of watercolour papers specifically
engineered and coated for modern inkjet printing.
The result is the Hahnemuehle collection
of Digital Fine Art papers.
Designed for discerning users, these grades
of Digital Fine Art paper can be used to
create limited editions, giclees, original
digital art, traditional output, photographic
and historic photographs on a choice of paper
textures, multiple colours and a huge variety
of sheet sizes and weights. The Hahnemuehle
papers provide a colour intensity and crispness
not possible with non coated art papers.
The Hahnemuehle collection is manufactured
in the traditional mould-made and fourdrinier
techniques that artists value for its unique
rich look, feel and texture. No longer does
the digital artist have to compromise on
paper quality when producing or reproducing
their work digitally. Surface coating in
combination with the traditional paper base
and the right inks will produce sharp, high
resolution output with the warmth and quality
of the hand generated artwork. In many cases
it is difficult to identify the original
with the copy.
The main advantage of a coated paper is that
the ink doesn't sink into the paper the coating
allows it to sit on the surface so you don't
get ink bleed and you keep the colour and
resolution quality.
Hahnemuehle Digital Fine Art papers have
been extensively tested with various manufacturers
ink sets for UV stability by Wilhelm
Imaging Research, Inc in the USA and
conform to the Blue wall scale of 6 or above
in the UK on their testing procedure requirements.
Using the Hahnemuehle digital fine art papers
means that the artist has more control over
the printing process, being able to edit
colours and sizes of the printed output as
they go along, it also means they can do
shorter print runs as and when needed and
therefore are not committed to the same number
of prints or initial output costs that have
to be made with more traditional print processes
such as offset litho.
The name Hahnemuehle means 'The Hens Mill'
and originates from the humble land the company
had founded their business on.
Hahnemuehle is reportedly pronounced "Honey
muller".
On this web site we use the alternative spelling
for Hahnemühle replacing the umlaut with
an e after the umlaut vowel.
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