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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: Aristoc on January 03, 2011, 01:20:49 pm
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I am printing B&W and wanted to know what paper gives the best silvery appearance. Choice of Epson/Hahnemule/Canson.
Thanks
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If by silver appearance you are talking about the paper itself, consider something like Lexjet Metallic or Proofline Photochrome Pearlescent, which is carried by Shades of Paper.
If you mean a paper that looks like a silver based darkroom paper, Hahnemule Harman line or Museo Silver Rag. Canson Platine is also nice and very similar to the Museo.
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Please be more specific. Is there a specific silver halide paper that you'd like to get close to? If so, please tell us.
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I have printed off some nice black and whites. However, I would like them to sparkle as well as they do on the LCD monitor. What paper would give that silvery / metallic appearance I don't know. That is what I am after though. I want the prints to be as shiny as the monitor. (note, this is not a calibration issue). Thanks.
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If by silver appearance you are talking about the paper itself, consider something like Lexjet Metallic or Proofline Photochrome Pearlescent, which is carried by Shades of Paper.
If you mean a paper that looks like a silver based darkroom paper, Hahnemule Harman line or Museo Silver Rag. Canson Platine is also nice and very similar to the Museo.
I would have to check those papers in the store but are they matte papers?
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all the papers listed in your last post are Photo Black.
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I guess i will just have to experiment then $$$
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Pictorico's Gekko Green is a nice gloss (high gloss I would suggest) paper specifically touted for black-and-white printing. I've only tried it w/color. One drawback is that Mitsubishi/Pictorico don't offer profiles for all printers; they don't have one for the 3880 (yet). I asked them to do one some time ago. They do offer profiles for quite a number of other printers. And I preferred the color rendition of some other papers (baryta-type with less gloss). You might like it.
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Reflective light is a different beast altogether. Consider a paper with a fairly bright white and excellent blacks - a Baryta paper perhaps. Then saturate your prints with lots of fantastic, high quality light - Solux flood lamps perhaps.
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.... saturate your prints with lots of fantastic, high quality light - Solux flood lamps perhaps.
I think that's the real answer - make the print as bright as the monitor and it will sparkle (if it's a decent print in the first place).
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This is pretty shiny stuff. http://tiny.cc/ta2t1
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I think that's the real answer - make the print as bright as the monitor and it will sparkle (if it's a decent print in the first place).
Yes you right, I keep forgetting about that part. Also will use the baryta papers but have been using EEF. I was in a 'darker' room but in full light, it's much better.
As for Harman Opaljet, I am not sure I can get that here...I can get crystal jet however but it may not be the same.
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I am printing B&W and wanted to know what paper gives the best silvery appearance. Choice of Epson/Hahnemule/Canson.
Thanks
OK I just saw a sample of InkPress Metallic and Metallic Glossy and that is exactly the paper I am looking for that has a very nice shiny , metallic surface to it.