Digital BW, The Print

It's not a cheap paper - true but buy it from Shades of Paper in NJ - 
it's much cheaper including shipping across the pond. Steve Kale always 
bangs on ;-) about buying it where it's cheapest and I agree!
Steve
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/

Howard Shaw wrote:
>
> Hi Steve
>
> I'd like to use this paper more but the prices in the UK are so
> expensive - the price for sheets from Online paper is nearly twice that
> of Photo Rag which isn't exactly cheap itself.
>
> thanks for any pointers
> Howard
>
> Steve Gledhill wrote:
> > 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/ <http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/>
>
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