Digital BW, The Print

That was not my experience.  I also did a side by side comparison of  
a silver FB print, air dried glossy with silver rag printed with MIS  
K4 and there was a significant difference in the reflective  
properties of the prints.  The FB print (Oriental seagull glossy) was  
very smooth with no specular reflections - just a very nice smooth,  
even soft gloss.  The Museo silver rag had annoying, specular  
reflections, more like RC luster and the surface imperfections were  
readily evident.  Yes, I'm aware it is beta paper so l'm hoping that  
they do improve the surface, but so far I've had no feedback from  
Crane indicating  that they do intend to modify the surface.

Carl

On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Tim Atherton wrote:

>
>> Unlike everyone else here, I'm not overwhelmed by the surface. My
>> samples produce distracting specular reflections over too wide an
>> angle and will be difficult to light if displayed. One of my friends
>> commented "You printed this on Naugahyde?" Otherwise it's very nice
> paper.
>
> I wonder how much these differences are due to different inks?  
> slightly
> varying surfaces on the test run paper? Personal Preferences?
>
> I think I mentioned, I compared a silver rag print to the same image
> printed on a fairly similarly surfaced silver-gelatin FB paper and
> found the level of glare/reflection at different angles to be  
> virtually
> identical.
>
> So I wonder what it is you are seeing here that is different?
>
> tim a