Digital BW, The Print

There was a recent review on these papers by Michael Reichmann on LL 
which is also useful as another opinion, whether biased or not.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/printers/baryta.shtml


Brian
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Patti" 
<cmpatti@...> wrote:
>
> I just finished printing my way through a box each of Gold Fibre 
Silk 
> and Harmon Gloss FB.  In my opinion, both of these papers are 
great.  
> After giving up on digital BW printing for several years after much 
> frustration trying to make good prints with a 1280, I just got back 
in 
> after acquiring an Epson 3800.  My first efforts were with various 
matt 
> papers, and I was very pleased with the results.  But the prints 
I've 
> made on the Ilford and Harmon fiber papers are way better, the best 
> prints I've ever been able to make (or have made), digital or wet.
> 
> To my mind it's a close call on quality between the Harmon and 
Ilford.  
> I like the cooler tone and lack of gloss differential on the Harmon 
> (although I dont' find the GD is obtrusive on the Ilford--you have 
to 
> look for it), but I find the Harmon a bit too glossy.  If all 
things 
> were equal, I'd probably go for the Harmon, but all things aren't 
equal 
> at all.  The Harmon paper costs almost twice as much as the 
Ilford.  
> That tips the choice to the Ilford for me.
>