[Leica] Paper for b&w printing

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

Thank you Chris, Jayanand, Ken, Tina, Paul & Gerry.
Much food for thought & too many choices!

Jay

On 10/29/2013 10:02 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Jay,
> The papers I use for my Epson 3885 - I print a lot because I take part
> in multiple Print Exchanges every month:
>
> Matte - Epson Velvet Fine Art, Somerset Photo Bright White and
> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308
>
> Baryta: Ilford Gold Fibre Silk, Harmon Gloss FB AI and Hahnemuhle
> Photo Rag Baryta
>
> Proofing: Epson Premium Paper Semigloss, Epson Enhanced Matte.
>
>
> Ilford have just released a paper specifically for B&W printing called
> Ilford Gold Mono Silk - I will try that soon:
>
> http://www.ilford.com/en/products/photo-inkjet/galerie-prestige/gold-mono-silk/
>
>
> I find the Ilford GFS the best bang for the buck, even though I think
> the other two Baryta papers give better results, though at an
> appreciably higher cost. I like prints I have received on on Epson
> Exhibition Fiber paper, though I have never tried it myself, as Epson
> do not sell it here.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> 
> wrote:
>> I've got my R3000 with Piezography b&w ink up and printing beautiful
>> Monochrom images (thanks Dave!).
>> I dislike matte finish paper, and also the high gloss RC paper look.
>> I've a bunch of stuff to print out by Christmas.
>> Looking for input on a general purpose (NOT exhibition weight or cost) 
>> type
>> of paper, that looks like air dried glossy fiber papers from the wet
>> darkroom days.
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thank you kindly,
Jay,

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