[pure-silver] Re: warmtone paper

Forgot to mention, my client wanted a 16x20 WT print of an image and an 8x10. 
 I'm only buying paper there's a real call for nowadays and only have some old 
WT papers in 16x20.  
I opened the paper safe w/the 16x20 WT papers I have left which are all over 2 
years old, and found I had Forte WT and Arista Edu WT paper.  So I went w/the 
Arista and fortunately there was no fog.  

From what others have said, the Arista was repackaged Forte WT and I find that, 
although this Arista is warmer than Ilford WT, the Oriental WT is still warmer, 
whether from the base color or emulsion I can't tell.  Kinda academic as 
neither the Arista nor Forte are made anymore but I'm no longer mourning the 
passing of Forte as Oriental fills the void perfectly IMHO.  Again this is 
developed w/ansco 115 developer 1:5.
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>On the photo side of things now, I'm printing a large body of work for a 
>famous portrait photog here and tested Ilford warmtone, Foma WT, and Oriental 
>WT.
>Ilford's is barely warm using Ansco 115 developer which is afaik, the warmest 
>developer one can use @1:4 or 1:5.
>Foma was nice but is a dang slow paper.
>Oriental WT was the bestest of the lot in Ansco 115 @1:5 for 2-2.5 mins.  It 
>also has a warm/cream base and I can recommend it if one likes warm toned 
>prints.  Client has said some prints are the best he's seen of particular 
>images that had been printed previously.  Many haven't been printed before.
>I'd be interested in hearing of any developer that provides warmer results if 
>there is such a formula.
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