Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "hp9180profile" <owens@...> wrote:
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "HarryB" <hrblaine@> wrote:
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> > Do any of you use spray (cans) and if so, what?  Thanks!  Harry
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> Harry, I use Hahnemuhle's spray mostly or Fotospeed's 'Frogjuice' if I want a more glossy finish. I use this with 3mk in an R1800 >mostly on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl (a photo black paper). This combination to my eyes makes lovely prints as long as I leave plently >of border around the print which eliminates most of the R1800's bad behaviour traits. Hahnemuhle PR is a relatively warm tone paper and >as far as I know contains no OBA'a and is pure cotton. Hahnemuhle states that its spray does not negatively impact its papers in any >way so I am quite comfortable about this workflow from a longevity standpoint.
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Thanks Alistair, that was the kind of answer that I was hoping for.  Quite helpful.  And thanks for the 'outdoor' tip.  I usually spray (with Premier Art Print Shield so far) in a downstairs bathroom with the fan on.  It's close to my printer setup and I figure that the br exhaust fan is better than nothing. Oh, and with an open window, of course, which this time of year makes it feel somewhat like outdoors. <g> 

I've accumulated quite a lot of different papers and I'm going to see which I like best for B/W gloss on a 3800.  I believe that I have some PR, I'll try it as soon as I get some H spray.  I have a 1400 too and I expect that I'll try a few on it as well.  As I believe I've stated in other posts, I have a lot of trix negs of dancers from the '70s which I hope to scan and print.  Finally!  Hey, I've been busy!  <g>  

BTW, I hope y'all don't get the idea that I spend all my time spraying prints and inhaling toxic fumes.  In addition to photography as a hobby, I field trial bird dogs (English Pointers, the ones with long tails) and English Cocker Spaniels.  And raise a few pups from time to time.  Plus I waste a lot of time on the internet and also spend some more profitably reading novels.  My wife is a librarian with an additioal MA in English lit so she keeps our bookshelves well stocked.  She currently has me reading Per Petterson's "Out Stealing Horses."  As the back cover says, "This mesmerizing Norwegian novel about youth, memory and yes, horse stealing...." I'm only 40 pages into it so I have no review for you yet but I will say yhat my wife liked it a lot.  I'm also in the middle of Drake's Leary/RCN series.  That's sci-fi, which along with mystery novels are my 'recreational' reading.  And I'm a retired college professor (Ohio State), thus I have time for all the above.  I've been around photography for quite a while (see above) but I'm just recently interested in digital photo printing. Thus the cries for help!  

Well, now that you know more about me than you ever cared to, I'll shut up.  Oh yes, I'm also an insomniac thus the 4 AM posting. This is the autobiographical NG ain't it?  :-)   

Harry  

PS  If you aren't interested in any of this stuff, just skip it.  Or, as the signs for Columbus Ohio's "Doo-Dah" parade (held on July 4) state: "Rain date, July 3".  BTW, I'm living in VA currently (Shenandoah Valley), thus the "y'all" above. <g>