Digital BW, The Print

Are there any rules or guidelines for choosing paper based on the tonality of an image or its contrast level? 

The reason I ask is that I have an image that looks good on the screen. It is relatively low contrast and I thought it might look good on a matte paper. I printed a small test print and it looks like mud. I'm sure I can work with both the image and the paper and find a combination that works, but I'd be interested in knowing if there rule for paper selection that could be used as a starting point.

I tested a bunch of papers recently with the goal of finding the "best" matte art paper. There are so many more available than what I had. I really like the Epson Hot Press (natural and bright), the price is decent compared to some others like Museo, and these are now my go-to papers. 

http://jeffgoldner.zenfolio.com/blog

I used the profiles that came with the printer (3880) and the settings in the driver, printing from LR4.4 and now LR5. I also tried printing with QTR and ABW mode on the Epson driver. All produced very good results. I have not been disappointed with any print so far.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "remononaz1" <homershannon@...> wrote:

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> Are there any rules or guidelines for choosing paper based on the tonality of an image or its contrast level? 
> 
> The reason I ask is that I have an image that looks good on the screen. It is relatively low contrast and I thought it might look good on a matte paper. I printed a small test print and it looks like mud. I'm sure I can work with both the image and the paper and find a combination that works, but I'd be interested in knowing if there rule for paper selection that could be used as a starting point.
>

I've just tested a bunch of papers in order to find my "arsenal" and then
get them profiled properly etc.

Ended up with:

Canson Baryta
Canson Platine Fibre Rag
Hahnem�hle Harman Gloss Baryta

And for Matte, I went with

Canson Photographique Rag
Moab Entrada 190 Natural

Probably I'll add a one or two more papers but those were the ones I was
really stunned by and happy with.


Cheers
JF



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2013/7/17 Jeff <goldner_jeff@hotmail.com>

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>
>
> I tested a bunch of papers recently with the goal of finding the "best"
> matte art paper. There are so many more available than what I had. I really
> like the Epson Hot Press (natural and bright), the price is decent compared
> to some others like Museo, and these are now my go-to papers.
>
> http://jeffgoldner.zenfolio.com/blog
>
> I used the profiles that came with the printer (3880) and the settings in
> the driver, printing from LR4.4 and now LR5. I also tried printing with QTR
> and ABW mode on the Epson driver. All produced very good results. I have
> not been disappointed with any print so far.
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "remononaz1"
> <homershannon@...> wrote:
> >
> > Are there any rules or guidelines for choosing paper based on the
> tonality of an image or its contrast level?
> >
> > The reason I ask is that I have an image that looks good on the screen.
> It is relatively low contrast and I thought it might look good on a matte
> paper. I printed a small test print and it looks like mud. I'm sure I can
> work with both the image and the paper and find a combination that works,
> but I'd be interested in knowing if there rule for paper selection that
> could be used as a starting point.
> >
>
>  
>


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