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Subject: [Leica] OT: Fiber base style inkjet paper
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Thu May 8 19:52:20 2008
References: <013201c8b141$ee1f7a10$80f510ac@chris0436b6050> <001501c8b151$11ecad50$6b01a8c0@dadquad>

I did leave out Photo Rag Pearl, thanks Geoff. I did try that a few times 
but for the price I found it similiar to Sliver Rag.

Damn, I just opened a new box of Silver Rag and the first 3 papers have a 
scratch down the middle.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Fiber base style inkjet paper


> Chris, I used the Museo Silver Rag as my best quality paper. It is superb. 
> I
> tried the Harman Gloss FB AI in a trial pack and found it to be excellent 
> as
> well. Smoother than the MSR, my impression is a little deeper DMax. Try 
> this
> one from Hahnemuhle, The Photo Rag Pearl. Pure cotton rag, no OBs but a
> little brighter than the MSR, a heavier paper again, doesn't seem to curl 
> as
> much for me here, smoother surface for fine detail. A really, really good
> paper.
>
> Can I add, if you settle on one, I suggest going to the trouble of a 
> custom
> profile for that one paper for your printer. That's for the fussiest soft
> proofer and printer (like me).
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [Leica] OT: Fiber base style inkjet paper
>
> I've been using Museo's Silve Rag paper for printing for awhile now and I
> get excellent results. Just wondering if anyone else has tried Ilford's 
> Gold
> Fibre or Epson's Exhibition Fiber Paper?
>
> I just got a 10pk of the Ilford and a sample pack of the new Epson in.
> Printing on the Epson 2400 so I'll post the results later this week.
>
> I just opened the Ilford and I like the surface so I hope it prints as 
> well
> as Ilford claims. Time to download the profiles.
>
> Chris
> NOLA
>
>
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In reply to: Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams) ([Leica] OT: Fiber base style inkjet paper)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] OT: Fiber base style inkjet paper)