Dan Burkholder and Inkpress Paper

Thu 30 Oct 2008 3:54:30 PM GMT

"Inkpress has one of the widest spectrums of printing products in the digital arena, with papers that appeal to educators, to dedicated hobbyists and to demanding professionals alike. Inkpress's new Baryta Warm Tone paper is stunning with a sensuous surface and inviting base color, for those printers seeking a paper with the look and feel of fine silver gelatin printing paper. If you can't find a paper in the Inkpress line that fits your budget or has the premium quality and surface you demand, you probably need glasses!

As other transparency film suppliers narrow their selection of sheet sizes, Inkpress continues to offer a full range of sheet and roll film sizes that accept both dye and pigment inks. The digital inkjet negatives I make with Inkpress Transparency Film rival any digital negatives I've made over the past 16 years."

About Dan:

Dan Burkholder was one of the first photographic artists to embrace digital technology in the early 1990’s. True to his love of the traditional photograph, Dan uses digital technology to build images that still look and feel like real photographs, not like something from a graphic designer’s portfolio. Melding his unique vision with mastery of both the wet and digital darkrooms, his platinum prints are now included in many museum and private collections.
Originating the digital-negative process in 1992, Burkholder has helped open doors for all black and white photographers interested in moving into the new electronic technologies. His award-winning book, Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing, is regarded as the most authoritative work in the field.
Dan has taught classes and workshops at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the lnternational Center of Photography in New York, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego and others. Active with the Texas Photographic Society for many years, he is currently serving on the Advisory Board for this organization.
Dan Burkholder was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, an agri-industrial community in the Appalachian Mountains. He attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, where he received his BA and Masters Degrees in Photography.
Dan lives in Palenville, New York, with his wife, Jill Skupin Burkholder, and their six cats.
Besides photography, Dan enjoys spending time with Jill, motorcyling, and exploring their new home in the Hudson River Valley. Dan remains hopeful that a different political climate (one not dominated by greed monsters and religious zealots) will return America to her rightful place as a nation of justice and generosity.

Visit Dan's website at www.danburkholder.com

Jon Canfields Review on Inkpress Paper

Mon 22 Sep 2008 4:54:00 PM GMT

Inkpress Paper has a complete line of photo papers for every printing need, including RC-type gloss and luster papers, fine art papers, and films. Inkpress has high-quality papers and manages to sell them for less than other name brands, making them a good choice for anyone on a budget or just interested in trying some new surfaces. I tested the Luster paper and found that it was very similar to the Epson Premium Luster in texture and weight. The Inkpress version is slightly whiter than the Epson paper and has a very impressive 2.16 D-max. This paper worked very well for both the portrait and color images, although I found a bit more bronzing on the black and white print than some of the other papers.

For a gloss paper, I printed to the White Gloss Film. This paper has a very bright white surface, and as the name implies, is a very smooth surface. With a D-max of 2.15, the paper holds excellent shadow detail and very good saturation for color. It’s a nice paper for black and white printing as well as color.

Their Rag paper is available in two weights—200gsm and 300gsm, and in both warm and cool tones. The Warm Tone appears to be a standard rag with no optical brighteners, while the Cool Tone is a whiter finish. Both papers are dual-sided, making them a good choice for proofing, books, and portfolios. The papers have more texture than the Epson UltraSmooth Fine Art and are very similar to Hahnemühle’s Photo Rag. The Rag paper lent itself well to all three prints used for these tests.

Finally, I tested their fiber paper, Fiber Gloss. At 250gsm, it’s a little thinner than some of the other fiber-based papers, which helps with feeding through the printer. What makes the Fiber Gloss unique among the fiber papers I looked at is the finish of the paper. It more closely resembles a traditional gloss paper than other fiber-based papers, with a very smooth surface. D-max is good at 1.96, and the paper works very well for black and white prints.

Inkpress Photo Paper - Jon Canfields say.

Thu 18 Sep 2008 5:24:00 PM GMT

Jon Canfield is a landscape and nature photographer located in the Pacific Northwest. The author of 6 books on digital photography and printing, Jon is recognized as an expert on digital output and color management and has worked with companies like Canon, HP, Pantone and Microsoft. He currently writes the Output Options column in Shutterbug magazine and is a frequent contributor to Outdoor Photographer, PC Photo, and Digital Photo Pro magazines as well as the photographyBLOG.com website.

Jon says “My favorite paper is the Inkpress Pro Silky. This paper has an excellent weight and finish with outstanding dMax that makes it ideal for the type of images I shoot, both color and black & white. I'm also a fan of the Inkpress Pro Baryta paper for black & white work with a more traditional darkroom look. The paper handles well and gives me beautiful gray tones that I love.”
Jon's work can be seen at www.joncanfield.com.