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Hello everyone! I've found some strange paper, which doesn't have its datasheet on Kodak Alaris' site. That paper is Kodak Premier Digital. Is it the same emulsion with Kodak Endura? I mean, they are sold separately, but I can find Kodak Endura only in very big sizes, while that Kodak Premier Digital is available only in smaller sizes.

Thank you in advance for you answer.
Igor.
 

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I haven't used it, but I have seen it on sale. I don't think it's the same emulsion as Endura and it may be a thinner base like Kodak Royal as well. I'm not sure how it will perform with enlarger exposure.
Endura I also available in smaller roll sizes, maybe you can check other suppliers.
 
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Thank you for the information... But I wonder, why don't they have a datasheet for the paper on their site? It only makes everything much more complicated.

If anyone has any information about Kodak Premier Digital, then it would be pretty much helpful
 

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It's hard to say is it really Kodak Royal Digital or not. I can't even find any description of that Kodak Premier Digital...
 

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Thank you very much, Matt. I got the datasheet from them. If anybody needs it, then I better upload the E-Pub here:
 

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Looks like it is a pre-bankruptcy legacy product. Good luck with it!
 
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Actually, they said it's still available. But that datasheet is from 2013, unlike other e-pubs on their site. I have no idea why. They just said it's a professional paper, available in roll sizes up to 50cm wide. Probably that's why all small roll sizes here are represented by Kodak Premier Digital, while bigger roll sizes are available as Kodak Endura papers
 

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Actually, they said it's still available. But that datasheet is from 2013, unlike other e-pubs on their site. I have no idea why. They just said it's a professional paper, available in roll sizes up to 50cm wide. Probably that's why all small roll sizes here are represented by Kodak Premier Digital, while bigger roll sizes are available as Kodak Endura papers
That is intriguing - that datasheet is, of course, an Eastman Kodak one, not a Kodak Alaris one, and Eastman Kodak is completely out of the colour photographic paper business now.
 

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EK still manufactures the paper, Alaris just sells it.
 

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EK still manufactures the paper, Alaris just sells it.
EK sold the manufacturing capacity for paper to the Kodak Limited Pension Fund as part of the bankruptcy. Most of it was at Harrow, England, but there were a few other facilities sprinkled around the world.
The paper business was the largest asset sold to the Pension fund.
The Pension Fund incorporated Kodak Alaris to hold and operate the assets it obtained from EK.
Prior to the bankruptcy, EK sold its coating facility for X-ray materials (and a few other things) to the people in Colorado who set up Carestream. EK may have retained a partial leasehold interest in the facility operated by Carestream, but that to went to the Kodak Limited Pension Fund as pat of the bankruptcy.
EK retained no paper manufacturing facilities after the bankruptcy - they do film (and other non-photographic) coating in Rochester.
Kodak Alaris closed Harrow and sold it. They contracted with Carestream to provide the majority of the paper manufacturing. That contract may reflect an ongoing leasehold interest in that plant, which originated from EK.
 
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