Digital BW, The Print

Baryt refers to baryta, the white clay coating (of fiber paper) upon
which virtually all fine traditional B&W silver emulsion has been 
deposited since before Kodabromide was introduced (except for the junk
plastic papers).

I've been wondering why it isn't used for inkjet, since there are
undoubtedly people who'd pay the price. OTOH, I'm pretty happy with
some of the matte papers already, particularly Moab's.  

I'd imagine Seagull would produce baryta inkjet paper if it felt there
was a market, since like Kodak, Ilford, and Agfa they've made
baryta-coated paper forever. Probably incredibly expensive, since the
transportation, paper, packaging, baryta coating and manufacturing
process would force it to cost virtually the same as silver paper (the
silver's only a tiny part of the expense in making silver paper). 

Of interest:

Harman Professional photo inkjet paper
Posted 13 September, 2006 in Product News

HARMAN Technology Limited Press Release:

    Harman, the leading professional imaging specialist has provided
the first ever glimpse of its new professional photo inkjet paper,
just days before officially unveiling the products to the industry at
the Photokina exhibition in Cologne, Germany. This exclusive shot of
the product and its packaging has only been distributed to selected
online media and is the only picture to be made available before the
Photokina show. The picture shows the first two products in the range,
which incorporate a real photo Baryta layer within their coating – the
only photographic inkjet media to do so. The matt finish product
pictured, will incorporate instant-dry silica technology. Created
primarily for the fine art and professional photography market, HARMAN
wanted the real users to see the innovative products first.

    Howard Hopwood, Marketing Director at HARMAN technology commented:
"At HARMAN technology, we believe ourselves to be very much a part of
the photographic community. We are very enthusiastic about the launch
of our first professional photo inkjet products, and we wanted the
people who will benefit most from using them to see the products first."

    The black boxes will provide a strong presence on shelf, and
colour coding has been used within the artwork to easily identify each
individual product in the range. Product test packs will be
distributed to the photographic media over the coming weeks, and
detailed launch plans are due to be announced in the very near future. 



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mkitei"
<mkitei@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I just heard from a german photographer friend that he is using a new
> stock for printing B&W large prints on lightjet. It's called Baryt in
> Germany. It is a fiber based B&W stock so no metamerism or color cast
> that sometimes accompanies the color stocks currently in use. He is
> very enthusiastic about it. Does anyone know if the process is
> available in the U.S. and if so, at which labs.
> 
> No, I have no affiliation with anyone involved in this. I'm just
> looking for a dependable, economic way to print big.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
>