Digital BW, The Print

Michael,

I recently profiled both papers on a Canon IPF6400, trying several media settings with each.  I agree with your assessment as the best D-max's I achieved were AFA-1.49 & HPN-1.76.  The HPN looks much better on a picture with deep blacks.

I plan to use up my small remaining supply of AFA on low-contrast pics and stay with HPN/CPN for matte prints thereafter.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <michael3442@...> wrote:
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> I've been printing with ABW and using HPN and love it; nevertheless, I've also been experimenting with RR AFA. I like that AFA comes in so many sizes (particularly 11x14) and the price can't be beat. However, no matter what I do, I cannot get it to give me comparable blacks and some other elusive quality that seems to make the images come to life like the HPN. I know this has been talked about previously (I've read all the AFA msgs. going back 7 yrs.)and am wondering if anyone has found the secret mix of ABW settings or ? to move this RR paper closer to HPN? (I hate the idea of buying larger sheets of HPN and cutting down to the 11x14 size I want.)
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> Also, does anyone use Premier Art Smooth Natural, Matte?
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