Digital BW, The Print

My only experience was with pre-production samples of Silver Rag.  With the
ImagePrint profiles, the prints appeared identical to Ilford fiber VC.
However, there was something about the surface I didn't like.  Someone said
"spangly".  I've pretty much settled on Epson Velvet Fine Art for
everything.  The only drawback I've found is that it is a fragile surface.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djon43
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 12:08 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Matte Papers vs. newer Silver Rag type papers
> 
> I've seen fine examples in B&W print exchanges and, although I
> understand why some love them, I don't.
> 
> They "glitter" a little, which isn't bad in itself but I think it
> defeats the air-dried-glossy effort. On the other hand, examples of
> Hahnemuele (sp?) Photo Rag have been attractive enough that I might
> order some, next time I'm feeling spendy.
> 
> The most appealing new-to-me paper is Epson Velvet Fine Art, which
> looks a lot like Kodak's best B&W paper ever, whose name I don't
> remember except that it involved "portrait". Kodak's was good enough
> that I used it sometimes instead of Brovira :-)  I'd use this paper
> for portraits, for sure, but don't think its character would
> contribute to my other goals...though maybe it'd remind someone of
> Portriga Rapid.
>