Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
I even lost a couple of 16x20 Cooltone prints yesterday to a bit of dev uneveness. I would not classify this as a serious issue at all, just something to be aware of; and I wasn't paying quite enough attention. It also seems a bit sensitive to pressure on the emulsion, so I've learned to be careful to handle it only at the extreme edges, outside the image per se. Don't get me wrong - it's as robust as a bulldozer compared to something like Cibachrome, where a single fingerprint or kink mark could ruin the whole thing. But it's not as forgiving as something like MGIV, so maybe a bit more problematic in the hands of students, or me too when I'm not thinking! Still, I am quite pleased with this paper. It gives a consistent rather neutral rich black - not a blue-black - along with excellent gradation. I've been gettting exceptional prints with it. But if I were trying to handle it in big rolls, I'd hope it would be on a day when the arthritis in my fingers isn't acting up!
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