Digital BW, The Print

On 09/14/2012 03:30 PM, faeofavalon wrote:
> I've been using Epson's Hot Press Natural myself and love it but will
> have to change to something much cooler for my current series but not
> sure what. Any suggestions?
>
> In the meantime, I proofed my latest work with 2 boxes of stuff I had on
> hand that was given to me, though I hate glossy/lustre plastc-like
> prints as it is. One was Ilford's Galerie Smooth Pearl Paper and the
> other is Ilford's Galerie Classic Pearl Paper. I noticed a huge
> difference between the two.The Smooth Pearl had a substantially thicker
> base and I had no problems with the tones of the image matching what was
> on my monitor. The Classic Pearl is horribly thin with a strange grainy
> coating on the back of the paper. What was worse was that the images
> printed muddy and dark no matter what I did to adjust the image via PS.
>
> I don't see why or how a different ICC profile would make a difference
> and more importantly, why would Ilford call these papers almost by the
> same name?
>
> -AnnMarie
> www.annmarietornabene.net


The Classic versions are dye compatible only so if you are using pigment 
inks ..........

The Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl Paper that was also given to you could 
be the older version. Right now the Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl 11 280 
gsm is distributed which should be an improvement on the old version. 
The OBAs are contained within the paper base between the polyethylene 
barriers. That would reduce oxidation of the OBA dyes. Last week I 
returned to that paper for the same reason you sketched.

Ilford announced new changes for its range of papers and I have to check 
at the Photokina next week what that means for the Pearl 11.


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Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

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