Patrick Robert James
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Patrick, could it be the paper? Have you ever gotten good Dmax on Canson Bristol? I've read that Canson papers have poor Dmax with kallitypes. This is just hearsay for me -- I've never used the paper.
Sanders, I've actually had good luck with it after I started acidifying the mix and adding LFN but I wouldn't say it is great, maybe just good enough if I do things correctly. It doesn't soak in quickly though so I really have to work it, get it wet and dry it flat. I probably just didn't work it enough, so yeah, could be the paper, or me. I get impatient at times. I just want to print! Other Canson papers I've tried weren't worth the time.
I'd imagine that the lack of absorbency of the paper would make it poor for Kallitypes, but I haven't tried those yet. The Cuprotypes I did over the weekend on the Bristol weren't that great.