Agfa Brovira and/or Portriga

[Ira Rush]

I know these papers have not been around for a loooong, loooong time, but...

Does anyone out there have the technical brochure/data sheets for these papers (either in pdf, photocopy or anything)?

Googling, I've found info on likewise defunct fibre based paper (Brovira Speed or Record Rapid) but it is these old papers I'm interested in.

For those who do remember these papers, they were simply beautiful, without question. Brovira had deep dark blacks and Portriga was a very warm, almost like sepia... boy those were the days.

Thanks in advance
Ira

 

[Andrew Moxom]

Ira, all is not lost..... If you hanker for those bygone days when those papers were available like me. Try the Slavich line of paper. They have UNIBROM which is THE coldest tone paper currently available. It is an older recipe that is as close as you'll get to that of brovira. Rumor has it that it still has cadmium in it! Try it.

 

[Neanderman]

Does anyone out there have the technical brochure/data sheets for these papers (either in pdf, photocopy or anything)?

Yep. I'll dig up what I have.

Ed

 

[climbabout]

agfa portiga

Ed - I would be interested as well in any data you have on Portriga. I have a supply of the old Portriga in 16x20(the old dark blue and white labels) that I have had frozen for over 20 years and it still prints beautifully, despite it's age.
Tim

 

[Ira Rush]

Yep. I'll dig up what I have.

Ed

Ed,

Thank you in advance.

When you get the chance to find what you have, you can e-mail me, pm me, again thanks in advance!

Ira

 

[Ian Grant]

I have all the info back in the UK, but Record Rapid was called Portriga in some markets, in the UK Record Rapid was the glossy warm-tone FB paper and Portriga the matt warm-tone FB paper. Portriga Speed was the RC equivalent of RR & Portriga.

Ian