Developer for Arista Private Reserve RC photo paper

[kmallick]

I would like to know if anyone is using Arista Private Reserve black and white RC photopaper available from Freestyle. I have heard conflicting opinions and debate about whether this is a rebadged ADOX MCP or Kentmere paper. Can anyone shed some more light?

Can I use Ilford Multigrade liquid developer to develop this paper? I have heard that Agfa/ADOX MCP paper works better with Neutol developer. Is the result significantly better? I would like to keep using the Ilford Multigrade developer that I have in stock if possible. Any advice or suggestion is appreciated.

 

[MattKing]

The Multigrade developer should work fine.

Other developers might give you slightly different contrast or image tone, and may result in a slightly different response when toning, but generally those are differences of preference, not function.