Digital BW, The Print

Bill,

The best blacks I have been able to obtain are with the Hahnemule papers,
specifically Torchon first and then Photo Rag and William Turner. I love the
William Turner rag texture, Torchon is a bit severe for small prints but is
wonderful for large images of 16x20 and larger. Photo Rag gives a different
look, but I find it to have perhaps the smoothest tones of all.

Also I find that teh blacks generated by my IP4 RIP are a bit more more
dense ( .1-.2 DU) then the PiezographyBW24Pro RIp. I have measured them on
Torchon with an XRite 811.

Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Morse" <willym@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] re: For Della On Shadows


> Mike, this is also why I prefer (for now) the more textured papers.  I am
> interested in the interaction between the paper surface and the ink
(image)
> information, and the resultant lessening of dmax and sharpness be damned!
>
> Bill
>
> PS (for now)
>
> on 3/23/02 2:50 PM, Michael Kravit wrote:
>
> BTW, Paul you are also correct in that platinum blacks do not reach the
> density of silver blacks. The big difference is that the platinum print
> gives the viewer the feeling of depth. This is because the matallic
> particles are not only found on the surface of the print, but are also
> imbedded into the paper fibers.
>
> Mike
>
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