Digital BW, The Print

Outback photo is expecting some for review shortly and the paper is  
supposed to be available next month.

Carl

On Mar 19, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Eleanor Brown wrote:

> I did the same thing and got the same response.  I then wrote back  
> and asked what the
> new paper is like and when will i be able to purchase it.  I never  
> heard back.  anyone know
> anything about this paper and how it compares to silver rag?  eleanor
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"  
> <deanwork2003@...>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I emailed Hahnemuhle to see if I could have some samples to be a beta
>> tester and compare with Silver Rag. The project head Christensen,  
>> said
>> they would be interested in having me test future products but this
>> one was already out of beta tests. That sounded strange to me  
>> since no
>> one I know has even seen it except Jimmy Doyle at a trade show and he
>> doesn't even have any to play with yet.
>>
>> So, it's all a mystery to me, but evidently it is a little smoother
>> than Silver Rag but is not a cotton based paper but rather an alpha
>> cellulose sheet, like darkroom fiber. I'm interested in what kind of
>> sheen it may exhibit. I'm sure Hahnemuhle doesn't want to give this
>> market away to Crane. May the best man win. Personally the word
>> "Pearl" worries me a little. It brings to mind the Cibachrome Pearl
>> which was a sad surface.
>>
>> John