Digital BW, The Print

Museo Textured Rag 325
PremierArt Velvet Fine Art Paper

any impressions? Still testing for new papers that may be good Hahnemuhle options. 
I'll stick with my recommendation of Generations Alise as a HPR alternate, with one caveat- as those involved in monochroamtic ink have known for some time, coatings play a major roll in the look of the hues we so carefully consider. 
So, even though Generations yields rewarding densities and gamut, it does not have quite the warm richness HPR has with the warm inks I use. It's subtle and not a deal killer, but side by side it's easy to see. It may use the same coating chemistry as other PremierArt papers, which are well known to make the neutral K7 sets look cool, a unique and not unpleasant look.
Alise looks fine, but I doubt I can talk my picky split tone clients into losing a bit of that lovely warmth in the highlights. Selenium inks look nice on it though, perhaps just a hair less rosy.

In fact, in a recent conversation with Mark McCormick-Goodhart from Aardenburg Imaging & Archives, he explained at length the complexity of what is happening at the meeting of ink to these coatings...

Anyway, if anyone has input on the 2 papers above, please share.
Thanks,
Tyler
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