Paper

[Reschsmooth]

What paper do you print on?

I generally use Ilford Gallerie Smooth Pearl, but in a moment of fiscal madness, we bought a few sheets of Hahnemuhle rag paper. Very, very nice paper, but very expensive.

I, today, bought some Epson Matte Heavyweight paper and it will be interesting to see how this one performs.

So, what paper do you print on - for large, small or even smaller (4x6)?

[Geoff]

Patrick - I use only Ilford Pearl Smooth Gallerie as well.

However, yesterday I was shown some AMAZING paper (made of cotton?!) but it was very expensive. $2.80 per sheet for A4.

It's called Crane Museo Silver RAG and here's the spiel:

Specifications
Museo® Silver Rag™ is made to archival standards.
Gloss finish
100% cotton
Internally buffered
No optical brighteners
pH: 7.9 - 8.5
Weight: 300 gsm
Thickness: 0.015" (380 µm)
Designed for pigmented inkjet inks
Brightness: 90
Robust, Damage-free packaging for large sheets

Handling
Handle paper by the edges prior to printing.
Special care should be taken not to contaminate the ink receptive surface.
Oil from fingers can interfere with print quality.
Allow adequete time prior to framing.

Printer Settings
Museo® Silver Rag™ is designed for use with the photo black ink cartridge.
Our website has the latest printer settings and color profiles.

Applications
Fine art photographic printing
Black and white photography
Gallery exhibitions
Color photos
Limited edition prints
Portraits
Sepia prints


This info courtesy of http://www.borge.com.au

[Reschsmooth]

Wow - sounds like nice paper, Geoff. I was at Borges today and they do have some great paper.

The Hahnemuhle was something like $8 per A3+ sheet!

[Yi-P]

Reflex "pure white" A4 paper... $5 a pack of 500

[sirhc55]

Reflex "pure white" A4 paper... $5 a pack of 500

[Matt. K]

Hahnemuhle is the Rolls Royce of papers. If Cezanne was alive today that is the paper he would use.

[big pix]

Wow - sounds like nice paper, Geoff. I was at Borges today and they do have some great paper.

The Hahnemuhle was something like $8 per A3+ sheet!

Borge also have there own labelled stock in AO size in boxes of 50 sheets at around $3:00 per sheet.......I use this stock and put it in the same class as Ilford and Epson

and Hahnemuhle is fantastic..... but can you tell the difference from 10 feet......