print your art
Digital photographers who still yearn for the old days of gorgeous printing papers and darkroom atmosphere will want to explore art-quality fiber papers available for ink jet printers. Exhibition quality fiber paper is made by several manufacturers for ink jet printers.
Some baby boomers consider ourselves very serious amateur photographers and today’s post is for those folks. Everyone else can stand at ease for a few – or whatever the military/corporate jargon is for “be right back”.
At least two companies, Epson and Sunset, are marketing paper rumored to look and feel like silver gelatin fiber paper you used to use in the dark room. It’s phenominal. Epson has downloadable color management profiles for the paper, according to PhotoReporter magazine.
Sunset’s paper is compatible with most printers –this, for the serious hobbyist, is a trend worth watching. The thing I miss most about printing in a darkroom is the luxuriously textured, full-of-body character of high-quality paper. Regular Ink Jet photo paper is a disappointment at best in most cases, even the good papers. I’ve worked well with watercolor papers and you might try them if you like to experiment, but they aren’t archival at all.
The expectation is these fiber papers can take us back to the excellence of Oriental papers when film was king. The tactile part of the job is a big sensual part of the joy.
If you want a more detailed look, visit PDN Online.
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It’s terrific to find great papers for digital printing. I remember the days of fiber papers in the dark room, and so loved the tactile component and the look. Now I can feel perfectly comfortable with digital.
I have never liked the printing paper available at office suppliers for photo prints. This sounds good to me.
Go check these out – I bet you’ll like them. Thanks for your comment.
–mkp
I agree- fiber paper was my fave in the darkroom and inkjet was serious missing something without it. If you’re really into printing – try some watercolor papers, there are profiles available for some of the top ones. Come by often, I’m looking forward to your comments.
-mkp
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