Digital BW, The Print

Tim, I suppose the best thing you can do is simply get a bunch of sampler
kits of about 2 sheets each and see which ones you like.

A lot of the Hahnemuhle papers seem to have had flaking problems, but may be
corrected by now.  You should like any of the following papers, all of which
make beautiful prints with good blacks.

Torchon/Royal Riviera
Legion Photo Matte
Orwell/Royal Plush/William Turner/Frankfurt/German Etching
Epson Archival Matte
Epson Watercolor
Japan 90 (tokinoko)

And of course hundreds of others. What Some love, others will hate, so you
really should get the samples.

Jerry



tyork@... wrote:

> Hi Jerry,
>
> The swatch I got of the Hahnemuhle only says 230. Like you I was
> relying on the numbers to indicate a heavy paper but apparently a
> person can't go by that. I would like a heavy paper about 250-300gsm,
> similar to Torchon, with a texture that won't flake. You have seen
> the images on my site that I want to do as Duotones and my digital
> work as watercolors and acrylic paints. Some of these I will be using
> canvas but not all. As I am new to printing I really appreciate the
> help you have given me as well as others. Relying on your experience
> and others has helped me make fewer mistakes as well as costly
> mistakes. I know most of the list members aren't interested in
> duotones but if they could recommend some papers they really like and
> why I'm sure they will most likely work with my duotones. Thank you
> again.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tim
>
> www.portraitsofnature.net
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson
> <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > William Turner and Royal Plush are nice, but not nearly as white as
> the
> > Photo Matte. The Albrecht Durer is one of the better selling
> papers, but
> > I've only got a tiny little swatch of it, and can't tell too much
> from that.
> > Does the Hahnemuhle have another name other than 230? Not familiar
> with that
> > one.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > tyork@a... wrote:
> >
> > > Steadman et al,
> > >
> > > I use duotones to print my B/W. It is a selenium-tone effect. I
> like
> > > a textured paper that produces deep blacks and rich grays. The
> > > torchon that I use is great but for some images the texture is too
> > > much. Do you have any suggestions for textured papers that might
> be
> > > suitable. I like fairly heavy papers. 2 that interest me are
> > > Hahnemuhle 230 and Albrecht Durer. The Legion Matte you and Jerry
> > > like so much sounds great but is likely too smooth for my needs.
> Any
> > > suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Tim
> > > www.portraitsofnature.net
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
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