Hahnemühle — papers and canvas for Fine Art printing

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The manufacturer

The media are made by Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH, based in Dassel, Germany. The manufacturer groups its inkjet papers and canvases in the Digital FineArt collection, divided by surface: Matt FineArt smooth, Matt FineArt textured, Glossy FineArt, Canvas FineArt, and the Natural Line made from alternative fibres.

Selected papers and canvas

We give only figures the manufacturer publishes on its product pages or in its data sheets.

Medium	Weight	Fibre	Surface	Manufacturer’s note
Photo Rag®	188 · 308 · 500 gsm	100% cotton	matt, fine felt texture	acid-free and lignin-free, ISO 9706
German Etching®	310 gsm	100% α-cellulose	matt, pronounced felt texture	genuine mould-made paper (made on a cylinder mould machine)
William Turner	190 · 310 gsm	100% cotton	matt, pronounced watercolour-paper texture	mould-made, no optical brighteners
Bamboo	290 gsm	90% bamboo, 10% cotton	matt, fine texture	naturally white, no optical brighteners
Photo Rag® Baryta	315 gsm	100% cotton	high gloss	no optical brighteners, contains barium sulphate
FineArt Baryta	325 gsm	100% α-cellulose	high gloss	bright white, contains barium sulphate
Daguerre Canvas	400 gsm	poly-cotton	matt	can be stretched and varnished

For all the papers in the table (not the canvas) the manufacturer declares conformity with ISO 9706. It states compatibility with both pigment and dye inks for every medium except FineArt Baryta, for which its product page does not say.

How to read the data sheet

Hahnemühle data sheets follow a consistent structure. Photo Rag® 308, for example:

Item	Value	What it tells you
Weight	308 g/m² (EN ISO 536)	how stiff the sheet is, not how well it prints
Thickness	0.48 mm (EN ISO 534)	matters for framing and for feeding the printer
Whiteness	92.5%	how white the paper looks
Opacity	99.0%	whether printing shows through from the back
pH	8.3	the paper is alkaline (buffered)
Calcium carbonate buffered	yes	it has an alkaline reserve
OBA content	very low	few optical brighteners, a more stable tone

You will find the same items in other manufacturers’ data sheets. Only compare values measured by the same method, though.

How to choose

• An all-round matt paper for portraits and reproductions: Photo Rag® is the reference type of smooth cotton paper.
• Pronounced texture: German Etching® or William Turner. With fine detail, try a small section first.
• Black and white with deep blacks: baryta papers. Photo Rag® Baryta has no OBAs and a warmer white; FineArt Baryta is bright white.
• A large print without glass: Daguerre Canvas or another canvas.

A general overview of media types is in the guide to Fine Art papers. To compare types by purpose, use Paper Lab.