Digital BW, The Print

I was excited by the hype for this paper and bought a box.  The shop 
(SilverPrint in London - highly recommended) were kind enough to give 
me a few loose sheets to try before I opened it.

I'm currently using a VM inkset in a 1290 but I have some PK for 
printing on glossy paper.  I use Tyler Boley's curves.

I tried both Eboni and PK in the black position - the results were OK 
(better with PK).  Some bronzing and not very impressive DMax (I have 
no way to measure).  I can't really recommend this combination.  

It did look quite like air-dried glossy FB.  I can imagine that if 
you use Lyson inks and the paper lives up to the hype, you might have 
a winner.  I've also asked Lyson for a sample print.  They sent me a 
sample on different paper.

I swapped the paper for a box of PhotoRag.  Wow.

I was also given a sample pack of some Oriental Seagull paper.  This 
worked much better (a little bronzing and quite good Dmax) but has a 
high gloss finish so probably doesn't offer what your after.  

Good luck in your search - please let us know if you find a result.

Chris

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Hogarth Hughes 
<hogarth@s...> wrote:
> I'm using pigment inks right now, so no, I haven't tried it. I've 
been 
> looking at papers for dye inks though because I thought I might 
switch 
> over to dyes early next year and see how I like it.
> 
> I'm surprised that Lyson doesn't offer at least a sample. That's 
> disappointing indeed.
> --
> Hogarth Hughes