Digital BW, The Print

Andre,

I've not tried the Fibraprint, but I have used the Silver Rag and the 
Pearl. For me, the Pearl is superior and good enough to use in my part 
of an upcoming show at the San Diego Natural History Museum.  That may 
be because the Silver Rag base is a little creamier and I most often 
prefer a cleaner white. The SR also has a more pronounced bronzing 
effect.  And I found that the Hahnemuehle profile was extremely good for 
my particular Epson R1800 and the Crane profile for SR had a generally 
yellowish feel. I was able to calibrate some profiles in house and they 
showed similar differences. But in my opinion, these materials still 
aren't good enough to hang next to silver prints without suffering in 
the comparison.

I haven't yet been able to try the paper on a 4800 or other K3 machine.

Will Gibson

Andre wrote:

>A recent article on the Luminous-Landscape site concludes that these
>papers are not good enough. They have that "Naugahyde vinyl" look.
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>http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/surface-reflections.shtml
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>Cheers,
>Andr\ufffd
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