Ben Rubinstein
Active member
I prefer chemical prints to inkjet, I find they have more depth due to the image being within the paper rather than on top of it. My personal opinion.
B&W printed on the usual colour paper is pretty muddy in general though Kodak is better than Fuji in my experience. I have printed on metallic paper (my lab and I concur feels that the Kodak Endura thrashes the Fuji Pearl) and although it does look a bit gimmicky, behind glass it just looks like a high contrast paper without the muddiness of the regular Fuji/Kodak offerings. I use Ilford HiGloss (Cibachrome for LED printing and with about 10 times the DR) for colour and absolutely love it. I've sent off two B&W's for printing on the Endura Metallic and am interested to see if it will work out as a good solution for me.
Anyone have any thoughts about metallic? Is is too cheap, not fine art enough?
B&W printed on the usual colour paper is pretty muddy in general though Kodak is better than Fuji in my experience. I have printed on metallic paper (my lab and I concur feels that the Kodak Endura thrashes the Fuji Pearl) and although it does look a bit gimmicky, behind glass it just looks like a high contrast paper without the muddiness of the regular Fuji/Kodak offerings. I use Ilford HiGloss (Cibachrome for LED printing and with about 10 times the DR) for colour and absolutely love it. I've sent off two B&W's for printing on the Endura Metallic and am interested to see if it will work out as a good solution for me.
Anyone have any thoughts about metallic? Is is too cheap, not fine art enough?