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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: Roberto Frieri on February 23, 2015, 08:37:24 am

Title: Handmade papers and fine-art printing
Post by: Roberto Frieri on February 23, 2015, 08:37:24 am

Hi to you all.
I've recently used a few "washi" papers to make some test prints, both with Epson Ultrachorme and Piezography inks.
Since I like the results, I would like to go on testing more handmade papers and try to figure out if and how I could make use of them to produce fine-art prints.

I've already searched the forum and found useful threads:
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=16883.0 (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=16883.0)  (2007)
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=42182.0 (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=42182.0)  (2010)
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=80179.0 (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=80179.0)  (2013)
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=77817.0 (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=77817.0)  (2013)
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=94889.0 (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=94889.0)  (2014)

Even if I'm not a professional, I'd love to hear from other photographers and printmakers about their experiences:
- what are your favourite handmade papers and why?
- how do you choose the best handmade paper for your fine-art prints?
- what kind of images do you print preferably on handmade papers?
- any particular printing issue? (I use two Epson printers: a Stylus Photo R2880 and a Stylus Pro 3880)
And so on...

Title: Re: Handmade papers and fine-art printing
Post by: disneytoy on February 23, 2015, 02:50:48 pm

I use Golden Digital ground on my paper to print and get very good color and sharpness. I haven't tried InkAid Matte yet.