[alt-photo] Re: Paper issues

[roxanne guez]

I'm wondering if anyone recalls when the first batch of the paper came out? I bought some about a year ago and never tested it.

Thanks,

Roxanne

On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:07 PM, Kerik Kouklis wrote:

> Ditto. The first batch of the heavyweight Revere was a disaster. The new
> stuff is great.
> 
> -Kerik
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org [mailto:alt-
>> photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of Diana
>> Bloomfield
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 10:43 AM
>> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Paper issues
>> 
>> It's really really nice, Paul-- probably the nicest paper I've ever used
> with
>> pt/pd (aside from this vellum I bought from someone a long time ago that
> I'm
>> hoarding). ;)
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Paul Viapiano wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm looking forward to trying Magnani Revere with pt/pd. I've used Fab
> EW
>> for a long time and love it, but it'd be nice to eliminate a pre-treat
> step.
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Diana Bloomfield<dlhbloomfield at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Not related to Strathmore-- but speaking of paper, I recently ordered
>> some COT320.  I was printing pt/pd on it, and the results were very
> grainy.  I
>> was using a digital negative, so I re-did the negative-- thinking that
> might be
>> the problem.  Still grainy.  So I printed the same thing on Arches
> Platine-- no
>> problem at all.  I discovered an old sheet of COT320 I had, from a year or
> so
>> ago-- and printed it on that.  It was perfect.  So-- this whole new batch
> of
>> COT320 I got seems to be awful (for pt/pd).  I don't know if this is a
>> permanent change, or I just got a bad batch.  It's very annoying when that
>> happens.  On the other hand, I had recently purchased this Magnani Revere
>> paper and printed some pt/pd on it-- and it was really so so nice-- now my
>> favorite paper for pt/pd.  Haven't yet tried anything else on it.
>>>> 
>>>> Diana
>>>> 
>> 
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