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Subject: [Leica] Ilford b&w paper
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:13:16 +0530
References: <006901cebcaa$34cbd980$9e638c80$@cox.net> <1916DAC2-47D1-46E1-A941-CAF76F34D1C8@gmail.com> <FF5CDA44D55F448BBC95C4B3D2C70F6D@billHP>

Taken over now by Hahnemuhle:
http://harman.hahnemuehle.com/site/us/956/about.html

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:
> Did Harman quit making inkjet paper? I recall they made some under first 
> the
> Ilford name and then under the Harman name.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Chan
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 12:59 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford b&w paper
>
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Ilford b&w paper)
Message from dankhong at gmail.com (Dan Khong) ([Leica] Ilford b&w paper)
Message from billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce) ([Leica] Ilford b&w paper)