Digital BW, The Print

You are certainly right about Record Rapid. I didn't know it contained
 cadmium. I found a stash of the original RR back in the 70's when I
was starting out, and on a single grade you could print any contrast
range negative. It had unbelieveable silver content and latitude. The
Portriga Rapid, though nice, was a much reduced substitue and a
different animal altogether. I don't imagine we will ever see the
likes of that kind of a paper again. It practically printed itself.

John




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Olivier"
<odesmais@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Peter Marshall 
> <petermarshall@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Olivier,
> > 
> > I normally print on matte papers, but I've just been printing on 
> some 
> > samples of the the Davinci Fibre Gloss and am very impressed. In 
> fact I 
> > wrote
> > 
> > "I seem to be getting results that match almost anything I made in 
> the 
> > darkroom. Superb blacks, excellent gradation. Almost anything, 
> because 
> > although the paper looks good, it just lacks the subtle pearly 
> > luminosity of the Agfa Record Rapid I used many years ago, of 
> course 
> > long since out of production because of its high cadmium content, 
> which 
> > led to changes in its formulation. But I'd certainly be hard put to 
> go 
> > into the darkroom today and make a better print."
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Peter Marshall
> > petermarshall@    
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> Peter, thanks. I've search the list down to March 2005 without 
> finding your post. So, I'm assuming that you printed K3 glossy BW, 
> can you tell me whether that was in ABW or with a RIP ; with or 
> without color inks ? My understanding of your quote is your comment 
> was on the paper, but the general look of the prints were satisfying 
> to you ?
> 
> I too print matte, but sometimes I feel like I'd wish it was semi-
> glossy.
> 
> Olivier
>