New B&W inkjet paper - Ilford Glossy FB

[jimcollum]

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Harman Ilford announced this a bit ago, but the paper's finally finding it's way into the stores. It has the look and feel (and smell.. since it's really just uncoated baryta paper) of traditional silver b&w fiber paper. It has a surface similar to that of Oriental Seagull, with excellent black dmax. I'm not saying the prints have the same depth /glow of a silver print (neither does a inkjet on watercolor paper have the same depth as a platinum).... but an inkjet print on this paper is excellent in it's own right.

jim

[adan]

Thanks. I'll have to check in at my photo shop that carries Ilford. I tried the FB Matte, and it felt good, but, well, it was matte. Not my cup of tea. I've been waiting to give the Glossy a shot.

[Baxter]

Does this require use of Epson K3 Photo Black, or can the K3 Matte Black be used?

I'd ordered a 24inch roll of Da Vinci but then discovered that you had to use the Photo black, my 7800 isn't set up and don't want to wash all that money away flushing systems.

I've tried the FB Matte, but was too similar to my other paper, so not worth pursuing.

[grdglass]

Is it truly anti-curl?

Helene

[grober]

IF you live in the western USA and have access to Costco stores, try their "Kirkland" brand of Professional Glossy Inkjet Photo Paper. (150 sheets, 8 1/2 x 11 inch cost under US$20.00.) An instructor at a local photo school thinks this may be private-labeled Ilford paper. I have no way to confirm this but initial results with this Kirkland paper have been good.

-g

[jimcollum]

Originally Posted by grober

IF you live in the western USA and have access to Costco stores, try their "Kirkland" brand of Professional Glossy Inkjet Photo Paper. (150 sheets, 8 1/2 x 11 inch cost under US$20.00.) An instructor at a local photo school thinks this may be private-labeled Ilford paper. I have no way to confirm this but initial results with this Kirkland paper have been good.

-g

this isn't the normal Ilford inkjet. It's produced by their photo division, and is actually their silver multigrade FB paper (baryta coated), Instead of the silver coating, they've used an inkjet receptor.

[jimcollum]

Originally Posted by grdglass

Is it truly anti-curl?

Helene

i hven't tried the matte paper, but the Glossy i'm using is pretty flat.. even after printing. There's a very slight upward curl on the ends... pretty similar to what you'd see in a silver fiber print that's been dried and flattened.

[jimcollum]

Originally Posted by Baxter

Does this require use of Epson K3 Photo Black, or can the K3 Matte Black be used?

I'd ordered a 24inch roll of Da Vinci but then discovered that you had to use the Photo black, my 7800 isn't set up and don't want to wash all that money away flushing systems.

I've tried the FB Matte, but was too similar to my other paper, so not worth pursuing.

i'm pretty sure it need the photo black to get the deeper dmax (i'm using photo black ink . K3.. on a 4800)