Kodak Tech Pan 25 – Rodinal 1:300 – Mamiya 645e
Well, I finally followed through on my plan to bring my printer to Charleston. This past Sunday, I loaded it into the car and brought the beast with me.
Thanks to Ray Ketcham’s advice, I ordered a sample pack of paper from Red River Paper. According to UPS, it should be here today. Naturally, I want to get the paper and run a few sheets through this evening, but I doubt that I’ll be back to the apartment in time to get to the office, so it will have to wait until Sunday. I’ll pick the paper up from the office on Friday morning, drop it in the apartment, and go to work. 
I leave directly from the office and go home on Friday evenings and return on Sunday evening. So, Sunday evening will probably be an evening for printing.
I have a number of shots, including the one with the post, that I want to print. I’ve not used any ‘fancy’ papers and so I’m looking forward to see what these new papers will look like and how the prints will differ. The sample pack has 36 sheets of paper, two, 8.5 x 11 inches, of each of the following AND it costs only $7.95!:
Resin Coated Photo-Feel Papers
66lb. Arctic Polar Gloss
66lb. Arctic Polar Satin
75lb. Arctic Polar Luster
66lb. Premium Polar Satin Warm Tone
68lb. UltraPro Gloss
68lb. UltraPro Satin 2.0Matte Photo Papers
60lb. Polar Matte
47lb. Premium Matte
60lb. Premium Matte
50lb. Premium Matte Double Sided
60lb. Premium Matte Double SidedWatercolor 100% Cotton Papers
Aurora Fine Art White
Aurora Fine Art NaturalOther
45lb. Zeppelin SemiGloss 2-sided
65lb. Premium Gloss DuoSpecialty
62lb. GreenPix Recycled
62lb. River Linen
60lb. Cordovan Textured Gloss
60lb. Paper Canvas
All sorts of finishes and weights. Some with optical brightener, others without. I’ve never seen them side-by-side. It’s going to be fun just trying to guess what type of photo works well on which type of paper. Watercolor? Fine Art? So many choices.
The nice thing about it is that should I find some that I like, and I’m sure that I will, their prices are by far the least expensive that I’ve seen and they get rave reviews about their customer service and their papers. There seems to be no downside whatsoever.
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Paul, I would be interesting in hearing your results and impressions (good or bad) as you test these samples. Enjoy!
I’m really excited to see how this prints on the new paper. It’s always been Epson for me but I’d like to explore one day. Please post your findings.
Don’t forget to load the printer profiles from Red River to get the best results. I’ll be interested in your response to these papers.
Red River is a good company Paul. I used to buy all of my blank notecards from them when I was offering them. The number of paper choices these days is quite overwhelming.
Happy birthday Daddy,
Remember its not the size of the camera, its how you use it.
http://imgur.com/kODhE.jpg
Thanks! That’s a pretty funny picture!