On 3/28/06, Jez Cunningham <jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Joel - the Ilford Galerie papers I mentioned that I use with my '870 come
> out of the printer absolutely bone dry. But Ilford don't seem to have the
> same range or naming in Europe and the US. The Smooth High Gloss Media
> doesn't seem to be mentioend by our US friends - but it is so so gloriously
> glossy - it's just like Cibachrome. The Epson Matte is good too, but it's
> only white on one side.
> br
> jez
Jez,
There are at least two Ilford glossies: the Smooth you mention, and
Classic Glossy. They are quite different. The Smooth is admittedly a
more beautiful paper IMO, but it is a clay-based surface and is not
archival. The Classic Glossy has a different, somewhat unique polymer
coating which imitates gelatin-sized papers in some ways. It is much
more stable in an archival sense.
I am most interested in the Classic Glossy and how ink performs with it.
Joel W.
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