Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html