Which brand of printer paper would you recommend?

[ianpinion]

I've nearly run out of A4 size printer paper and was wondering which brand of paper I should buy next time round.

Which brands do you prefer and would recommend for use with a Canon inkjet printer?

[michaelb104]

Hi Ian,

I was having real trouble getting a colour match between what I was seeing on screen and what was actually printing (canon inkjet printer). As a last resort I dumped the Kodak, Jessops etc photo paper, and bought some Canon Pro Semi Gloss photo paper, what a difference, it was quite a bit more expensive but in my view worth it.

So in answer to your question, I would go with Canon paper every time now.

[kev145]

Agree totaly with Mick, there are some superb papers out there but I also get brill. results using canon paper with canon printer
kev

[matt wilson]

Canon too .it's made for the inks and profiling is simple from within windows or photoshop.

[ianpinion]

That's interesting guys, because I've been looking around and Permajet, Ilford and Hahnemuhle all seem to be very highly regarded, but then Canon only seemed to perform well with a Canon printer.

I'm looking for some Fine Art paper and some smooth matt paper specifically for two projects I have looming on the horizon. Is Canon's Pro Platinum Paper worth the extra if you want something really special?

[ianpinion]

Anyone prepared to offer their thoughts on my latest questions?

[GeoffWessex]

Hahnemuhle certainly have a great reputation for their all their papers, so I'm sure you wouldn't go wrong with any of them. More important to have the Paper Profiles for whatever you use.

I keep buying cheap boxes of 12 'samples' from a relatively unknown and cut-price manufacturer called 'Inkpress', in Canada, and their website has all the profiles for printer/paper combinations - I was in a rush to get some prints into a competition last April but I made sure I had the right profiles. Everything went right first time, I printed six images on about five different types of paper, entered them in a competition..... and came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th and 11th!!!!