Digital BW, The Print

Ricardo Lagos <ricardo.lagos@...> wrote:
> ...
> Whats your take on the Hot Press Bright ...  
> i find that the prints are more
> neutral than the Hot Press Natural ...

> I like the results of EB6 with hot press, and welcome cooler tones.

I think Hot Press Bright is a good paper.  While the OBAs will fade such that the paper may warm a bit, natural papers bleache.  So, either way the paper tone will change with time. The issue is how much and is the tone shift reasonable, visually OK, and what you expected.  I have seen no evidence that the image itself is damaged. Some of my favorite prints on my walls are on brightened paper.

Brightened papers, per se, do not bother me.  H. Photo Rag is brightened and has about the most stable paper tone with age that I've seen.  I think they did their homework well and matched the OBA fade to the paper bleaching rate, so they cancel out.  I'd like to see more companies do this.

http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/ has all the info you need in the various tests to see how good or bad a paper performs with age.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com