Digital BW, The Print

Same with the Z3100, Photorag Baryta is soaking into the paper and giving the impression of a traditional photograph.

I was a little harsh in comment about Crane Silver Rag however. It isn't a bad paper at all and if it hadn't been created we might not have these other offerings to compare it to in the first place. It was the first 100% rag media in this category and without optical brighteners to reduce its longevity. 

My only problem with Silver Rag is that for smaller prints, say below 16x20, I just find the texture to overwhelm the fine details in an image. But for large prints it can be very beautiful and I've seen whole shows done on it that were outstanding. 

In comparison, I've been doing some large editions of very small prints in the 6"x9" range with Photorag Baryta and they are working out very well, black and white and color, easy to hold in your hand and look at.

The Innova Semi-Matte also has a great texture, probably the best of them all. It does have a lot of optical brighteners though and is bluish white in comparison, which you see in a natural rag overmatt easily. I've also found with it the tightly wound rolls scan scratch easily.Unlike Photorag Baryta it is very difficult to flatten. It's also way more expensive in roll form that all the others. But it's a pretty cool paper too.

John







--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveoshoots" <steveoconnell@...> wrote:
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> > I've heard the Hahnemuhle Photorag Baryta is working well with Epson K3 as well. To me it is like the perfected Crane Silver Rag that was never really ready. I'm settling on this one for both black and white and color gloss fiber work.
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> I have been using the Hahnemuhle Photorag Baryta on my 3800 with the K3 inks and am thoroughly impressed. No bronzing, the ink seems to soak into the thick paper itself. Now if I can only get this paper through the R1900 for my B&W work, see later post.
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