Digital BW, The Print

I did the same thing and got the same response.  I then wrote back and asked what the 
new paper is like and when will i be able to purchase it.  I never heard back.  anyone know 
anything about this paper and how it compares to silver rag?  eleanor 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" <deanwork2003@...> 
wrote:
>
> 
> I emailed Hahnemuhle to see if I could have some samples to be a beta
> tester and compare with Silver Rag. The project head Christensen, said
> they would be interested in having me test future products but this
> one was already out of beta tests. That sounded strange to me since no
> one I know has even seen it except Jimmy Doyle at a trade show and he
> doesn't even have any to play with yet. 
> 
> So, it's all a mystery to me, but evidently it is a little smoother
> than Silver Rag but is not a cotton based paper but rather an alpha
> cellulose sheet, like darkroom fiber. I'm interested in what kind of
> sheen it may exhibit. I'm sure Hahnemuhle doesn't want to give this
> market away to Crane. May the best man win. Personally the word
> "Pearl" worries me a little. It brings to mind the Cibachrome Pearl
> which was a sad surface.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho"
> <erudolph@> wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to learn about the Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl.  Is anyone
> here testing it?  If so, 
> > is it, like the Silver Rag, optimized for the K3 inksets?  Or is
> someone getting good 
> > results with other inks?
> > 
> > Ed
> >
>