Re: Baryta paper: available?

Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Tue, 01 Jul 1997 22:13:06 -0300

At 2:53 PM -0400 97/07/01, Don wrote:
>Does anybody know where to get baryta paper stock in artist quantities?

I don't know. Last time I got a quote the minimum order was 22 tons...

>I'd prefer baryta/gelatin coated paper, calendered, like ordinary silver
>photo paper base. I know I could fix out silver paper, but would prefer to
>avoid the expense and the existing emulsion/supercoat layer.
>
>Alternatively, what other brilliant, glossy papers are available that might
>take alt-process coatings (cyano, platinum [Luis says no luck coating Pt on
>baryta, but I'm game to try], kallitype, albumen, gelatin or collodion POP)
>or transfers (carbon/carbro)?

Carbon transfer works on any baryta coated paper. Outdated papers, fixed
out and washed, are easy to find for this purpose.

Luis Nadeau
NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada