RE: Dmax of VD prints

[Sam Wang <stwang@CLEMSON.EDU>]

>I have no doubt but that you are correct. However, my experience 
>with most forms of silver printing, including kallitype, salted 
>paper, and VD, is that the differences one sees with some of the 
>other variables (type and strength of fixer, wash time, toning or 
>not, exposing light, etc.) on the same paper are so great that 
>comparing papers without close consideration to other factors 
>virtually meaningless.
>
>Sandy

That's my conclusion as well. I did a side by side test of 5 or 6 
papers and the differences are quite insignificant compared to the 
other variables you mentioned.

Sam