Digital BW, The Print

Anyone tried the new paper from Hahnmuhle, ArtPrint Aquarello 170g, Photo 
Velvet 170g and Photo Glossy Premium 200g?

danny

> Anyone tried the new paper from Hahnmuhle, ArtPrint Aquarello 170g, Photo 
> Velvet 170g and Photo Glossy Premium 200g?

I have a sample 13x19 sheet of the Photo Glossy. The company who gave me 
the sample advertised it as digital fiber base glossy. I don't have any 
previous darkroom experience to base a comparison on though, so it's 
hard for me to know if that's what it actually looks like or not. It's 
got a nice smooth surface and it's less glossy than what I'm used to 
from other papers. If only we had a low-gloss GLOP this could work 
really well I think.

I tried a small print yesterday and it does have moderate amounts of 
bronzing which disappeared nicely with a 60% overcoat of GLOP. I used 
UT7 inks with PKN.

I'll try some more prints this afternoon...

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Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

> I have a sample 13x19 sheet of the Photo Glossy.
 > .........
> I tried a small print yesterday and it does have moderate amounts of 
> bronzing which disappeared nicely with a 60% overcoat of GLOP. I used 
> UT7 inks with PKN.
> 
> I'll try some more prints this afternoon...

This is simply incorrect. I came back the next morning and still noticed 
bronzing. I had to coat it with a second layer of 60% GLOP to get rid of 
the bronzing. This makes the paper too troublesome for me to consider.

Now that I've had some time to look at the paper I'm not too crazy about 
the texture and finish either.

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Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no