Digital BW, The Print

Hi Tyler,

Did you try Canson Infinity Rag Photographique?
For K7 Neutral /SE / Sepia its pretty much a 1:1 subsitute for HPR.
Texture is about as smooth as the smoothest HPR batch.

Mike




2009/8/18 Tyler Boley <tyler@tylerboley.com>

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> Museo Textured Rag 325
> PremierArt Velvet Fine Art Paper
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> 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
> http://www.custom-digital.com/
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