Digital BW, The Print

On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:10 PM, john wrote:

> Hahnemuhle sent me a short roll of their new Baryta FB. With the  
> Z3100 it looks as close to a silver print as I have seen here, with  
> a realistic texture at the right point. It is similar to Photorag  
> Baryta but with oba. With the two of these they pretty much do all  
> that needs to be done for me.  On the Z3100 with these PK papers for  
> black and white they are looking totally neutral and smooth. Texture  
> is better for smaller things than Silver Rag.

On the Hahnemuhle site, it is described as "Baryta FB is a bright  
white paper with an extra smooth surface and ultra glossy coating."  
That implies that it is more like a ferrotyped F paper than an air  
dried F paper with a very slight texture. Is their description  
inaccurate?

Jim

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