Recs. on best photo paper for Canon i950

[Olin K. McDaniel]

Subject line says most of my question. Anyone got any recommendations
to share? I have quite a bit of Office Depot Premium High Gloss which
I plan to try, but would like to learn of other types that people have
found good for photos on my new i950. The local Sam's Club has the
Ilford Galerie at a very attractive price, so what's the experience
out there with it on this printer? Thanks.

Olin McDaniel

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[Ron Cohen]

The Office Depot paper is excellent for use with the i950. Red River Ultra
Pro http://www.redrivercatalog.com/ is also an excellent paper and a little
less expensive than Office Depot. The Ilford sounds like a good paper and
for the money, I'd at least give it a try. I saw it at my local Sam's Club
for $24.23 per 100 sheets. If I didn't already have a huge supply of both
Office Depot and Red River paper I'd buy some to test.

 

[dbrebel]

The Office Depot paper is excellent for use with the i950. Red River Ultra
Pro http://www.redrivercatalog.com/ is also an excellent paper and a little
less expensive than Office Depot. The Ilford sounds like a good paper and
for the money, I'd at least give it a try. I saw it at my local Sam's Club
for $24.23 per 100 sheets. If I didn't already have a huge supply of both
Office Depot and Red River paper I'd buy some to test.

I just bought a box of the Ilford paper from Sam's. It's not bad, but
I found flesh tones to be disappointing... gives them a slight
clay-like cast. I'll use it up, but I think the extra $9 for the Red
River UltraPro Gloss is worth it.

 

[ray]

I just bought a box of the Ilford paper from Sam's. It's not bad, but
I found flesh tones to be disappointing... gives them a slight
clay-like cast. I'll use it up, but I think the extra $9 for the Red
River UltraPro Gloss is worth it.

After reading the specs on Ilford, the quality could not be that good
considering the fade life was 10 years. I will probably always use
redriver myself. It has to be the best look/feel photo-like paper out
there.

 

[BF]

For the price and quality I don't think you can beat Red River UltraPro
Gloss. There have been a couple occasions that I got very slightly better
results with Canon Paper Pro. I have a few sheets of Canon just in case, but
99% of my printing is on Red River and it looks great.

 

[Kevin Morgan]

For the price and quality I don't think you can beat Red River
UltraPro Gloss. There have been a couple occasions that I got very
slightly better results with Canon Paper Pro. I have a few sheets of
Canon just in case, but 99% of my printing is on Red River and it
looks great.

Anyone know if that paper is available in the UK?

Kev

 

[BF]

I think I remember someone saying that it isn't.

 

[Richard]

After reading the specs on Ilford, the quality could not be that good
considering the fade life was 10 years. I will probably always use
redriver myself. It has to be the best look/feel photo-like paper out
there.

Why? Based on the RedRiver site longevity tests for the Canon 800
without spraying with a protective finish are:

Paper Printer/Ink No. Of Years Before Ink Jet Images Begin To Fade

 

[Gary]

Anyone know if that paper is available in the UK?

Kev

I'm using an i850 but out of interest, what is everyone else in the UK
using?

 

[ray]

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 18:29:43 GMT, "Cymbal Man Freq." <Don't

My digicam pictures taken at 1024 x 768 resolution seem to come out at an 8"
x 6" size in my Irfanview Photo Program when I want to print. I LIKE BIG! Where
can I find photo paper designed for 8" x 6" inch prints? I do rotate pictures so
they are 6" x 8" also. I have a Canon S 600 printer.... and I have always
preferred the Matte paper I used to get at Fotomat many years ago; gloss picks
up too many fingerprints and adds too much background ambient light from the
viewing room. Would the Matte paper for printers be comparable to what I used to
like & would it work well on my Canon printer?
I don't understand one-sided and two-sided paper described at the website
from the link above, or what the pound strength means. Is there a brightness
factor too?

Epson heavyweight matte paper is great.

 

[Gary]

I'm using an i850 but out of interest, what is everyone else in the UK
using?

Doh.. in terms of paper in the UK?.. I've pretty much stuck to the Canon's
own which is great but expensive, plus some left over WHSmith's own which is
definitely not as good (no surprise).

 

[Jerry Schwartz]

8x6 seems like an odd size to me, you might have to buy 8-1/2 x 11 and cut
it.

I would start with a small package of Canon branded paper, then experiment
with other brands if cost is an issue. If you read the messages here, you'll
see that some papers work better with some printers than others, and vice
versa. In the worst cases, the pictures look irredeemably weird because the
ink doesn't penetrate properly; in others, you have to fiddle with the color
balance. Sometimes the paper manufacturer will supply a color profile that
you can feed to the printer driver for automatic compensation.

Two-sided paper would be for brochures or cards, they are coated on both
sides and you don't need that for normal photos.

Pound-strength is the weight of the paper, so long as your printer doesn't
choke on it you're okay (the printer will have paper-handling specs).
Heavier paper has a nice feel to it, but once it goes into a frame it won't
matter.

Paper does have a brightness rating: it defines what "white" looks like, and
it also will affect the way colors are rendered. You might have to play with
settings (if profiles aren't available) to get pictures that look right.