Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The paper used to be made by Konica (as they made almost everyone's paper) but I'm not sure it's still made by Monica/Sony or whatever name you called them now. Chris Williams 504-231-6261 www.zoeicaimages.net Sent from my iholga On Sep 30, 2013, at 1:59 AM, Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com> wrote: > Dan, > > Ilford Galerie inkjet papers are made by a Swiss Firm, and Ilford film & > wet printing paper is made by a separate UK company, Harman Technologies. > There is no connection between the two. Both make good products though. > > Charlie > > Charlie Chan > www.charlie-chan.co.uk > > > > > On 29 Sep 2013, at 22:54, Dan Khong wrote: > >> I have confidence with using Ilford's printing papers and those folks who >> also do wet darkroom printing would be inclined to agree they make good >> products. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 29 Sep, 2013, at 8:24 AM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >> >>> A short while ago Leo Wesson mentioned the Ilford Gold Silk Mono paper. >>> I >>> have been working with it the past week, and so far have the best b&w >>> prints >>> to date. Soft proofing with the canned profile is giving a good >>> starting >>> point after some experimentation, as opposed to a RIP or Epson ABW. I >>> have >>> no idea why a paper formulation should be specific to b&w. However, if >>> you >>> like a gloss paper with great blacks, I would say this is definitely >>> worth >>> trying a few packages. I am using an Epson 3880. I see no color shift >>> under different lighting. >>> >>> >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information