If Hahnemuhle is sinking ( doubt it, though ), it’s because of the hex I put on them for killing Harman. I did buy up a supply of the Gloss FB AL when B & H discounted it but I am still looking for a replacement. I haven’t yet found one that is really satisfactory, having falsely felt secure with my hoard of Harman and lazy. I do mean to try the newer Hahnemuhle Baryta and some others.
I recounted a while ago - a blink of a year and a half - that I had run test prints for a blind ( and non-technical ) comparison of the Harman Gloss with the two new ( at that time ) Epson Legacy reflective papers, including the Platine, plus the Canson Baryta Photographique. The prints looked simlar but to my eye and that of a photopher friend, there was no question but that the Harman produced the superior image. They were all printed with ImagePrint profiles: it may be that the Harman’s happened to be the best profile.
Of course there were some slings and arrows flung about here at the time - we are all passionate about printing - but I flog this deeply lamented dead horse because it happens that I just bought several ( black and white ) landscape photos taken originally with a 4X5 film camera and printed from the film by the house that the photographer, Marilyn Brown, has used to make wall-sized prints of her photos ( which I think are magnificent ). I showed her my array of test prints ( same prints ) and she unerringly picked the Harman.
So I ask again, don’t give me your Cansons, your Epsons, your strings of poloponies, does anyone have suggestions about papers comparable to the Harman?