Digital BW, The Print

You know I think he may have something there. I just opened a new
batch of 8.5x11 Silver Rag that Crane just sent me and compared the
surface the the earlier batch. It is smoother, and slightly less
creamy warm it looks like to me.

I'm going to do a print on it right now and see what's up and post
what I see.

As for WHY fiber rag glossy, it isn't just a nostalgia for the silver
days, the problem a lot of have is with RC media period. No matter
what Wilhelm's or anyone else's fade data shows, plastic media dries
out and cracks over time. I have plenty of type c prints, both color
and black and white that are 25 years old and degrading. I processed
these myself in trays with perfect washing (yes the color type c ones
too, ugh) and the substrate looks bad. It could be that plastic inkjet
media will fare better 25 years from now but I wouldn't risk it
personally. Besides that I hate the plastic look of rc unless it is
behind glass permanently.

John