Digital BW, The Print

Folks,
many of us are curious about the new Hahnemuhle Photo Rag. 
Steadman and I had the opportunity to try some test samples 
and were excited by the overall print quality.
Both of us had the impression, that the color of the paper is very 
alike the color of  German Etching/Orwell.
Yesterday I got  my first package of the final paper and was 
surprised to find it much whiter than the test samples. It is nearly 
but not quite as white as Epson AM, just a bit wamer (EAM 
seems to have a bluish tint in direct comparison).

I called the Hahnemuhle guys and they told me that they dicided 
to make the paper whiter in the last minute because of many 
customer inquiries (so did I).
That means, the paper hasn´t been shipped to the US yet, but 
shipping will beginn soon.
I would recommend to order in advance, because in their old 
fashioned stile of paper production they can only make relatively 
small quantities if you compare it to the big factories. So 
resellers maybe sold out quickly.
Bernd, who is not a H. employee, but happens to speak German
; - )