Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "welchmatt" <welchmatt@...> 
wrote:
>Try Epson's Velvet Fine Art. Nice Dmax and has some texture.
> While I dither back and forth on which wide printer to get, I'm still
> printing with and enjoying my C86.  I use mostly Photo Rag right now,
> and really like the matte finish.
> 
> I have a need to put some matte photos in an album that will get
> handled a lot, and don't have a lot of confidence in Photo Rag for
> this application.  Is there a matte paper that is "tougher" than Photo
> Rag (and preferably that Paul Roark has "profiled" for the C86) that
> might meet my needs?  I'm interested right now in the PremierArt Hot
> Press paper, though I wonder if it might be too smooth for my tastes.
> 
> On an unrelated note, for those times I do want to make non-matte
> prints, has anyone done any work with the C86 and the new Museo Silver
> Rag, or maybe the new Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl (if it's even out yet)?
>