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Photography News | Issue 68 | photographynews.co.uk
Buyers’ Guide
Spectrajet Photo Glossy Papers 200gsmand 270gsm
Available in two different weights, the two Spectrajet Photo Glossy papers offer a high-gloss inkjet print paper for excellent results with a water-repellent and scratch- proof coating. The base is perfect for a wide variety of inkjet printed photographic styles including portraits, travel, architecture and landscapes. With a very white gloss base, Spectrajet Photo Glossy papers produce true-to-original results. Both substrates offer a long life and superb resilience. The microporous receiving coating produces excellent photographic prints. The best thing about these papers is
just how they feel! When handling them you feel like you’re holding a high-quality piece of photographic paper. It’s hard to do the look and feel of these papers justice in words, it’s only when you hold one in your hand that you experience the true tactile nature of the paper. The Photo Glossy 200gsm paper is available in A4 and A3 sizes whilst the 270gsm paper is available in A4, A3, A3+ and A2 sizes. The 270gsm version is also available in rolls from 17in right up to 60in.
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Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk 310gsm
Hahnemühle Photo RagMetallic
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic features a special silvery, shimmering surface finish. The high-gloss premium inkjet coating with a unique metallic effect guarantees impressive printing results with bold colours, deep blacks and perfect reproduction of colour and detail. Within the market there was no real fine art inkjet paper with a metallic coating available, but that niche was filled by Hahnemühle who added a cotton-based fine art inkjet paper with a unique metallic coating to the Digital FineArt Collection. Photo Rag Metallic was born – the first FineArt inkjet paper with a metallic baryta coating. Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic is a 340gsm FineArt inkjet paper with a specially formulated inkjet coating for fine art use. The natural white cotton paper contains no optical brighteners and has the characteristic Photo Rag surface structure and sumptuous feel. The sophisticated silver metallic effect underscores the image and makes motifs with metallic elements, reflections, ice and glass, architecture and landscape shots, as well as black & white photographs with high-
contrast tones and shine. Photo Rag Metallic is also acid- and lignin-free. What makes this metallic paper different compared to others in the market is its various features. Firstly, Photo Rag Metallic has a paper base made from 100% pure cotton fibres and it is the only cotton paper in the market with a metallic effect. Secondly, the texture – Photo Rag Metallic has the classic Photo Rag surface texture given by natural wool felts which makes it unique for a metallic paper. Other metallic papers have a very smooth surface due to their resin- coated base material. This also affects the feel of the paper. Photo Rag Metallic has a beautiful tactile feel which adds to the fine art character of this special paper. Other metallic papers feel a little more artificial due to their resin-coated and non-textured base material. Photo Rag Metallic is also praised for being a paper that can last for several hundreds of years therefore it is very well suited for long- term applications.
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Ilford Gold Fibre Silk inkjet paper has long been a favourite of all types of photographer. Apart from its reproduction qualities, what has made it such a favourite down the years is the consistency of the product. This means that you should be able to print an image using the same settings and under the same conditions, from different boxes of the media produced at different times, without any noticeable difference in each print. Galerie Prestige Gold Fibre Silk is a 310gsm weight paper. It features an inkjet layer coated directly onto a true baryta (barium sulphate) layer and fibre base to produce images with exceptional gamut for vivid colour reproduction as well as creamy whites
and velvety blacks for the unique look of traditional silver halide photo paper. Due to its longstanding popularity, Ilford Gold Fibre Silk is available in a wide variety of pack sizes and roll widths. In sheet format you can choose from A4, A3, A3+ and A2, each in a lengths in 17in, 24in, 44in and 50in widths. Distributed in the UK by Tetenal through a variety of resellers, it’s no surprise that in their brochure, Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk is listed as a bestseller across all of the different formats available. pack size of either 25 or 50 sheets. In roll format you can buy 12m roll
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