[Alt-photo] Re: Papers for Palladium
Diana Bloomfield
dlhbloomfield at gmail.com
Mon Nov 4 04:11:33 UTC 2013
Hey Catharine,
Just a follow-up here-- I did see Bob's prints-- and they really are spectacular in every way. But for some reason, the last several batches (and I bought from different places and at different sizes) of COT320 I purchased all had problems. I have a friend here who prints pt/pd as well, and I told him not to get the COT320 because of these issues, but he did-- and he had some of the same problems I did. So I lent him some of my Revere, and he was as blown away by the results as I am. So-- I don't know-- for some reason, we were just getting bad paper here-- but I'd encourage you to try the Revere. The only issue I ever had with Arches, which I also like, is that it always seemed to encourage those tiny little black specks. I've had no problems with Revere at all-- just beautiful paper for pt/pd.
Diana
On Nov 3, 2013, at 9:20 PM, bobkiss @caribsurf.com wrote:
> DEAR CATHERINE,
>
> I have used COT 320 for over a decade for pt/pd printing (mostly
> palladium) and achieve excellent Dmax. Whoever told you that it doesn't
> give good Dmax simply isn't using it correctly. The only issues I had with
> COT 320 were supply issues and those were resolved. There was one package
> a while back that seemed to have streaks but I never saw that before and
> have not seen it since so I continue to print with COT 320 with excellent
> results.
> Julia Cart and Diana Bloomfield (both on this list) have seen my pt/pd
> prints and will, I believe, confirm that I get good Dmax and nice tonal
> range.
> The world of pt/pd seems to be divided into two rival camps; the COT
> 320 and the Arches Platine camps, both of whom claim that their paper is
> best for pt/pd printing. If you are having problems with both of these
> highly regarded papers I am sorry to say that you may have a problem with
> your procedure and process. Perhaps you should share your process with one
> of the pt/pd gurus (Dick Arentz, Eric Neilsen, and many others) and see if
> they can help. Many of them read this list.
>
> CHEERS!
> BOB
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Catherine Costolo <mikes1mom at comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> I have used both Cot 320 and Arches Platine but have not had much success
>> with them. Also I was told that Cot 320 does not give good dmax.
>> Any suggestions for a paper I might try? Has anyone tried the Revere paper
>> from Legion?
>> Thanks.
>> Catherine
>>
>>
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