Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Baryta prints
From: cpeacock@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:13:32 +0000

I think a lot of peeople use the term baryta to mean "any wet silver print that isn't RC". 

Chuck Peacock
> Out of curiosity I decided to do the search for you and came up with the 
> following from Agfa:
> 
> Fibre-base papers contain a layer of barium sulphate (baryta)
> between the base and emulsion. This baryta layer stops the
> emulsion soaking into the paper surface, and so enhances
> the detail definition and print blacks.
> The baryta coating is 20 – 45 g/m2 depending on surface.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
> 
>  > Ok, I'm clueless here!
>  > Just what is a Baryta print?
>  > S. Dimitrov
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