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I like to print my own photos for club competitions, I get a lot of pleasure producing a good print. I use Permajet papers on a Canon PRO--300 printer, results are good but I would like to produce bromide type black and white. Open to advice re other papers for a good black and white result.
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sigpicDave -
I like Fotospeed papers. My favourite was Platinum Gloss, which is a bit like an unglazed gloss with a little bit of surface texture. It works very well for both colour and B&W. It was discontinued a while back, apparently one of the components of the coating is no longer available. I think the direct replacement is called Platinum Gloss Art Fibre, and it is also very good. I'm sure Permajet have equivalent papers in their range though.
John -
I've just been printing some important work for exhibition using Permajet papers. Admittedly they are colour prints not B&W. I think worth trying Royal Gloss which, contrary to the name, is more lustre than gloss. It has a white base. I also use Gold Silk on some prints. This has a slightly off-white base as implied by the name. But I think a paper with a pure white base may be better for monochrome.
MikeComment
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I've used Hahnemuhle papers for black and white and was pleased; unfortunately I can't remember which one. :-(Celeste
“As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance” ~Calvin + HobbesComment
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Send Permajet an email and ask them. They will give you the answer. Subscribe to their newsletters as they be a mine of Info. Gold Silk is good but it is a Warm Tone paper. Oyster is a Good All round paper,. I just spent £171 with Permajet. PhotoArtSilk is my fav paper, along with PortraitWhite (use for my Flowers with texture in them. Also used Gold Silk and Oyster for my B&W. I print for club comps and enter some RPS comps and I enter the WPF Salon. My printers are Canon Pixma Pro 10s 2x Canon 100s + an Epson ET-8550 printer. I now prefer my Epson for B&W. Good LuckComment
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To get a really neutral grey, you may find that you need to get the printer profiled so you have a custom printer profile to match the printer inks you use with the specific paper. You can probably get this done by printing a test patch and sending it away to be analysed and to get the profile generated and emailed back to you.
IanFounder and editor of:
Olympus UK E-System User Group (https://www.e-group.uk.net)Comment
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Fotospeed certainly offer this service, it's free with their papers. I think Permajet may well offer something similar, but have never tried it. The Fotospeed profiles seems to work pretty well with my Epson printer.Originally posted by Ian View Post
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