Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did Harman quit making inkjet paper? I recall they made some under first the Ilford name and then under the Harman name. -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Chan Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 12:59 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford b&w paper Dan, Ilford Galerie inkjet papers are made by a Swiss Firm, and Ilford film & wet printing paper is made by a separate UK company, Harman Technologies. There is no connection between the two. Both make good products though. Charlie Charlie Chan www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 29 Sep 2013, at 22:54, Dan Khong wrote: > I have confidence with using Ilford's printing papers and those folks who > also do wet darkroom printing would be inclined to agree they make good > products. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 29 Sep, 2013, at 8:24 AM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> A short while ago Leo Wesson mentioned the Ilford Gold Silk Mono paper. >> I >> have been working with it the past week, and so far have the best b&w >> prints >> to date. Soft proofing with the canned profile is giving a good >> starting >> point after some experimentation, as opposed to a RIP or Epson ABW. I >> have >> no idea why a paper formulation should be specific to b&w. However, if >> you >> like a gloss paper with great blacks, I would say this is definitely >> worth >> trying a few packages. I am using an Epson 3880. I see no color shift >> under different lighting. >> >> >> >> Ken >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information