Actually... I was asking for the ink jet equvilent to the old Ilford Pearl RC paper or fiber based... I cant' work in the darkroom anymore - I didn't know about Ilford making a pearl for printing with ink jets.
Are my epson inks dye based or pigment? I don't even know that. the pritner is R220 ann Adam Maas wrote: >I think Ann was asking about Ilford Pearl darkroom paper, and the >closest paper to that is the Harman Glossy FB paper is is closer to a >Pearl or Luster surface than a RC glossy (Harmon is the same company >as Ilford Photo which makes the Ilford darkroom materials. Ilford >inkjet paper is made by a different, now unrelated company) > >-Adam > >On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:56 PM, George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I can kind of answer that. >> >>There are at least two types of Ilford Pearl >> >>Classic Pearl and Classic Gloss are for dye based inks only >> >>Smooth Pearl and Smooth Gloss are for pigment based ink, but you might >>also use dye based. Check the box or web site. >> >>Also, Ilford does have profiles for their papers and popular printers >>on their website. >> >>See you later, gs >> >>On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I have a box of it to test as well ... I'm just not very big on Luster >>>>surfaces. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Me too... >>> >>> >>> >>>>Waiting on the same "great Photo Black" ink test... ;-) >>>> >>>>G >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Anyone know what the ink jet paper equivalent of Ilford Pearl is? >>> >>>ann >>> >>> >>> >>>>On Aug 6, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>To those papers Godders mention, I would add Epson Ultra Premium >>>>>Luster. While I love Velvet Fine Art in hand, I think Premium Luster >>>>>is the best behind glass. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >>the directions. >> >> >> > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
