Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mxgo95747"
<mxgo95747@...> wrote:
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> I have tried the FibaPrint Gloss and not having tried the other two
papers, I just wanted see 
> if the differences in Dmax (between 2.25 and 2.94) can be visually seen.

Wow! 2.94!!! Sorry, probably meant 2.294...
Anyway, these differences may possibly be seen by someone with nothing
better to do than peer at them endlessly with no important criteria
other than dmax, but I'd say it's negligible to invisible.
In fact, a few of us here had some SilverRag, FibaPrint Gloss, Fine
Art Pearl, air dried fiber selenium toned silver, and quads on coated
art papers all spread out here the other day.

Guess which took the subjective edge in richness?
That's right, the lowly 1.7 dmax quad inks on William Turner prints.
Additionally, the blacks "felt" as black as the others.
Also, for non-matte, the silver print still shines above the others in
surface quality and absolute impression of continuous tone.
We are probably biased, and it was obviously very subjective, but the
point is dmax is far from the top of the list for print quality, and
even being able to tell the differences between these dmax's is a stretch.
Of course, if that's all you're looking for when looking at prints,
perhaps you'll perceive it. Of those papers, the surface and paper
base hue are far more important for choosing.
Tyler