Digital BW, The Print

My own impressions pretty much mirror that. There seems to be a
breaking point at about that d'max level (high 1.6s--low 1.7s) where
IMO the velvety look of some of the matt papers is just beautiful. Now
the problem is not the look but rather how to safely display it.

Regards
Duane



> 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
>