Anybody familiar with Forte papers?

[Bruce Osgood]

I bought a 10 sheet pack of Forte Elegance Polygrade V FB Semi-matt neutral tone to see what I could see.

When I opened the box and took out the sheet to look at suggested filters for a Beseler color head, the document is titled: Forte Polywarmtone Plus.

Does anyone know why there is such a difference between packaging and instructions? What do I have? Would you follow the instructions or reinvent the wheel?

 

[ann]

We use a lot of their papers and haven't noticed that problem.
I would go ahead and make a print, or process a piece of paper. The warmtone will have a warmer base; as one would expect. If you are still not sure; place a print in some selenium and if it is the warmtone it will shift farily quickly to eggplant.

 

[dlin]

I don't have experience with Polywarmtone Plus, but I have used Polygrade V Neutral Tone quite a bit. It produces neutral to cool tones with my phenidone-ascorbate developer, but as Ann noted about Polywarmtone, Polygrade V also shifts color VERY rapidly in relatively concentrated selenium toner (e.g. 1:9). If you don't want a strong color shift with this toner, you will have to use much higher dilutions (1:20 or 1:40) and watch the print closely with a comparison print in water next to it. I find the Polygrade V to be a nice paper, but consistency and quality control have not been great.

 

[jrschulz]

I bought a pack at Adorama a couple weeks ago and found the same warmtone document -- haven't used the paper yet, so don't know if the plant slipped the wrong sheet into the neutral tone sleeve, or used the wrong sleeve for the warmtone paper.

js

I bought a 10 sheet pack of Forte Elegance Polygrade V FB Semi-matt neutral tone to see what I could see.

When I opened the box and took out the sheet to look at suggested filters for a Beseler color head, the document is titled: Forte Polywarmtone Plus.

Does anyone know why there is such a difference between packaging and instructions? What do I have? Would you follow the instructions or reinvent the wheel?

 

[Bruce Osgood]

I bought a pack at Adorama a couple weeks ago and found the same warmtone document -- haven't used the paper yet, so don't know if the plant slipped the wrong sheet into the neutral tone sleeve, or used the wrong sleeve for the warmtone paper.

js

That's exactly where I bought mine... Adorama.