Digital BW, The Print

Unlike Photorag, German Etching has serious problems with surface
integrity...it flakes worse than any paper I've seen (other than perhaps
another Hahnemuhle paper: William Turner).  Personally, I wouldn't even
consider using German Etching because of this.  In addition, German Etching
is not a rag paper like photorag.  Both have optical brighteners in the
coating...I have no idea why they put them in German etching given its warm
color.

Robert

On 8/18/02 9:01 PM, "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...> wrote:

> I find that the German Etching is a bit warmer than Photo Rag and has a lot
> more texture as well. The German Etching is also a much stiffer paper. The
> Photo Rag is brighter and smoother. In terms of price they should be pretty
> close when comparing the Photo Rag 308gsm to the German Etching which only
> comes in 310gsm. The lighter weight Photo Rag 188gsm is a bit cheaper. Both
> are very beautiful papers and you really should try it out for yourself.