Digital BW, The Print

John, thanks so much for the report. Can you describe the surface,
compared to IGFS? The the base hue, is it acceptable or that blue I
love to hate?
Tyler
http://www.custom-digital.com/

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@...> wrote:
>
> Said I would report back about the tests I did with the Hahnemuhle
> Photorag Baryta paper on the Z3100 with gloss enhancer channel utilized.
> 
> I'm going to make this short if I can.
> 
> Tested many of these.
> 
> This is my workflow as it stands now.
> Send file as grayscale, HPZ printer manages color.
> No Icc Profile.
> Calibrate (linearize) using the new HP Media Setting - HP Baryta Satin
> available on their website.
> 
> This new media setting apparently adds more glop because the Ilford
> Gold Satin Fiber is now working beautifully with this media setting
> and it showed lots of gloss differential before on everything. The
> Hahnemuhle Photorag Baryta is also looking very very good, though more
> expensive.
> 
> There is a tad of bronzing on all of these papers with some images if
> you are super super picky about it but ironically now the Ilford is
> almost completely free of it and the Photorag Baryta is right behind
> it because the texture works so well. Both have excellent textures in
> my opinion that seperates them from Silver Rag, so they work great for
> small as well as large prints. The print color is excellent with no
> color inks used, or fine if toned, which I'm not inclined to do unless
> I really need warmer results. Tonal distribution and dmax are first
> class for these kinds of papers.
> 
> This new media setting is helping here.
> There is a lot for the manufacturers to learn about this glop to paper
> interaction. This is a big deal.
> 
> Sill looking to test the Hp Baryta Satin. Not available yet. It could
> be perfect. We'll see. Shades Of Paper will have it soon.
> 
> John
>