The first half of 2006 has seen a minor revolution in printing papers. As most fine art printers know, glossy papers offer the deepest blacks and richest colours, while matte papers are preferred by fine art printers because of their more attractive physical surface, even though the dMax is lower and the colours less saturated. But during the Spring of 2006 (it was Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Aussies and others will call it Autumn), several companies have brought out glossy papers (that use Glossy ink, at least), which have a look and feel closer to that of matte papers. In other words, these do not have the traditional resin coated (plastic) look and feel, but are in fact closer to the texture and look of a traditional F surface, air-dried photographic paper.

The first of these to market, or at least to provide test samples, wasCrane Museo Silver Rag, first discussed in aQuick Takereview on this site.A full review by Pete Myers here.

Next we hadHahnemuhle Fine Art P...