Digital BW, The Print

Can only speak for myself - obviously.

It's a superb paper and I use it extensively.  Particularly for large 
prints on my 4800 - with K3 inks, and ABW and QTR-Create-ICC.
Why?  Deep blacks.  Warmish creamyish paper colour which I particularly 
like for my work.  The surface is very robust and resistant to damage.  
It is slightly stippled which some may not like - for me it's no problem 
- I like it.  Gloss differential and bronzing are present but so minimal 
as to be no issue at all.  I use rolls and sheets.  Some find the rolls 
curl too much - they do curl but it's easy to uncurl buy wrapping the 
print around a length of drain pipe for a minute or two.

Unlike some B&W printers - I don't experiment much once I have found a 
paper I like.  Once in a while I'll try something new to see how far the 
manufacturers have moved on - but for me I expend almost all of my 
available photo-energy and time on the creation of my images.  Capturing 
them on 5x4 film, processing them carefully, scanning them and then 
working on them in Photoshop.  Maybe I'm just lucky but my printing 
setup just works like a dream - reliably and consistently.  (By the way, 
this is thanks to much that I've learned through this and the QTR 
forum).  And Silver Rag is part of it.  It works for me.

I do use other papers - but not many.  Ilford Smooth Pearl is great if 
you don't need maximum permanence (and it's cheap - at least it is here 
in the UK - \ufffd25/100 A4 sheet box) - for example, every year I print a 
batch of my own calendars using it.  It's ideal for that as permanence 
is not a key factor for a calendar!

You may have guessed from what I say that I'm using PK all of the time.  
I've used and do like MK work on some matte papers, but for now I'm 
enjoying the richness and depth that PK ink gives on Silver Rag .

Ultimately, what works for me and what I like may well be different to 
what works for you or what you like.  But, hey - what choice we now have!

Steve Gledhill
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/

garyphoto6 wrote:
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> Hello,
> I have not heard much lately about Crane Museo Silver Rag. Is anyone
> using it and what are your thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Gary W.
>
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