Cranes Platinotype vs. Arches Platine

[Kimberly Anderson]

Hey gang,

I've been doing a lot of alt. printing on Cranes Platinotype the past few weeks and today thought I'd try some Arches Platine.

I am finding that the Cranes is a nice paper, but a little too creamy for my taste. I like the Cranes color, but the prints I'm getting from it are VERY FLAT. Like Grade 0 flat. The same negative on the Arches looks pretty decent. Same solution, same coating, same brush, same humidity, different paper.

VERY different looks.

Any thoughts?

 

[Tri Tran]

Hi Micheal,
I got flat print if I wait too long to print after I coated the paper and make sure you replenish your developer. TT