Hawk Mountain Merlin Natural:  Our Merlin Natural paper is a thinner, lighter-weight alternative to our Condor Natural but has all of the other superior characteristics of that fine paper.  It is a favorite of portrait printers, black & white photographers, and fine art printers.  It has a thickness of 15 mil and weighs in at 250 grams per square meter.  Merlin Natural is coated on both sides with our Natural inkjet-receptive coating, which, as stated above, contains no optical brightening agents (OBAs).   Merlin Natural has a smooth surface on both sides, which print equally well.   

Archival Quality:  Hawk Mountain cotton papers are produced in accordance with U.S. Library of Congress standards for archival quality (Specification Number 400-402-8/19/02).  As such, they are acid-free and lignin-free, and are buffered to prevent any long-term degradation of the paper.  

All papers are double sided coated