Digital BW, The Print

Thanks.  I think I am getting the picture.  I was hoping it was more
"cotton" in nature, say like a smoother HPR.  I never did air dried FB
silver gelatine printing but I have a sample that a list member kindly sent
me (blank paper, processed, washed and dried).  While I like the more
"natural" nature of the texture/sheen vs today's "RC" inkjet papers it's
still far too glossy for me.  I think I'd prefer Epson Premium Semi-matte
any day with it's purer white and lower overall sheen.  (I don't care about
"feel" as I don't like handling printed images without cotton gloves but I
would like a slightly heavier gsm in EPSM/EPSG.)  I was hoping that we were
getting a PK-receptive matte cotton paper.  Still, sounds like it will help
satisfy a lot of people judging from the pleas I've heard here over the last
3 years.


> From: Tim Atherton <tim@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:27:36 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Crane Museo Silver Rag/beta testing
> 
> 
>> Very nice.  And this looks like a cotton paper?  I know it has a
> cotton base
>> but can you still see that it's cotton or does it look more RC-like?
> 
> Neither really - the closest is to air dried FB silver-gelatin paper -
> but it's not quite that either. But it's closer to that than the other
> two you mention. Like one of the FB papers with a slight texture. Not
> glossy, not quite semi-glossy.
> 
> Pretty close to the old lamented Epson Professional Glossy in texture
> and base colour - a bit more texture though - maybe about the same
> warmth (but thta's from memory - why they eer dropped that paper is a
> mystery)
> 
> The base colour someone mentioned - slightly creamy - is close to some
> of the slightly warm FB papers as well (not quite as warm as say Forte
> Polywarmtone FB). More creamy warm than the "warm" warm of the some of
> the rag papers - if you see what I mean...
> 
> tim a