Digital BW, The Print

The H. Museum Etching is 100% rag, and the German Etching is Alpha
Cellulose (high grade wood pulp). The Museum E. has no oba's but is
slightly brighter than the GEtch but not much. The textures are very
similar but not identical since they are made from different
substances. I have found the M Etch (also called White Etching) to be
tougher on the surface. I used to have more problems with the G.
Etching scuffing in big black areas, similarly to W. Turner, since the
"tooth" sticks out more. A lot of this has to do with how well you
brush the paper before printing however. For some reason the M. Etch.
just seems to be a great fit with the  NK7 inkset that I'm using, but
then so is PhotoRag.

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Hollenberg"
<weasel@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, john eckenrode 
> <ejohn182002@> wrote:
> >
> > I have playing with the K7 split tones lately and I
> > second John's choices on paper, especially Museum
> > Etching-great stuff, but expensive.
> 
> How does Museum Etching differ from German Etching?  Is the paper tone 
> the same?  I haven't seen either, but have a sheet of Mediastreet Royal 
> Plush which I understand is the same as German Etching.  
> 
> --John
>