Digital BW, The Print

A while back I published some info on what papers had optical brighteners in
it.  At that point I said that Hahnemuhle's William Turner had optical
brighteners in it.  Since then I've been in a confused mess trying to figure
out what William Turner actually was and who sells it under what names.

The bottom line as far as I can tell is that William Turner is our famous
"sandpaper finish" paper.  It comes in two weights 190 and 310.  It is a
100% rag paper that has optical brighteners only in the paper fiber...no
brighteners added to the coating.

Inkjet mall sells the light weight paper as Wells River.
Media street sells the light weight papers as Royal Jazz (don't be mislead
by the bad information on their web site...this is NOT lightweight Royal
Plush--which is German Etching--a non-rag/alpha cellulose paper that has
brighteners in the coating).
Digital Art Supply sells both weights as William Turner.

My earlier information which stated that William Turner had OB's in the
coating was based on a sample of William Turner that I got from a list
member.  He was sold a large quantity of this paper.  It bears no
resemblance to other papers being sold as William Turner...it has a soft
hand and contains optical brighteners in its coating...honestly I don't know
what it is.  I remember hearing something about the felts at Hahnemuhle
aging and thus the paper looses its roughness...but if this is the case they
also changed the coating formulation and added brighteners.

Hahnemuhle are their own worst enemies!


Robert