I´ve been using quite a lot of Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Bright White 310g/m2 which, clearly, is a matte paper. These look okay naked, but a hell of a lot better within crystal archival sleeves, simply because of the gloss of the sleeve which gives a feeling of a much greater range of tones.
I have been looking at some of my old wet prints on gloss paper and there isn´t anything I´ve seen to beat them, if you want range of tonality.
But, life moves on and I won´t be going back to wet. I have an HP B9180 which I find very good indeed, but it is a pigment printer. I´ve tried using HP glossy paper - it comes as part of the setting-up pack - and the tonal range is very good with it but bronzing shows, at least it does on my prints.
I suppose the question is: can you get faultless glossy prints using pigment ink? I sure hope so, as I would like to swap back to gloss instead of matte. If anyone has experience of gloss printing with the B9180 and pigments, then please pass on your experiences! I don´t want to swap to inks and another printer.
Rob C