Digital BW, The Print

> Well you certainly haven't seen my coated prints apparently.

No, I look forward to.

> My coated
> prints NEVER look worse than the uncoated ones.

Have you tried coating Torchon? I thought it looked like it had a skin
disease coated. At least with the coating I saw. My feeling was that smooth
papers took to coatings better than textured papers. Yes they all gained
dmax, but the tactile qualities of some textured papers were altered, and it
was that aspect which turned me off. Others may like it.
 
> With Hahnemuhle papers it
> is necessary to do some tonal corrections...but this done they always looks
> as good or better...they ain't velvety though!

Right, so in that regard they can look worse, if that velvety quality was
what one was attracted to.

My feeling was that of the coated prints I saw, some coated prints looked
better than their uncoated counter part, but no coated print looked better
than the best of the uncoated prints.

But, let me just state I'm not trying to be definitive about this, others
opinions may vary, I'm just clarifying where I was coming from. And your
coating(s) may look considerably different than those I've seen.
 
> I say lets get another print exchange going.  I'll print 2 5x7's of the same
> image...one coated one uncoated and everyone can play with their plastic,
> glass and mattes to their hearts content.
> 
> In the mean time I'll coat some matte board.

That all sounds good.