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What paper for printing portraits

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Posted by Keith Anderson on June 30, 2007 at 6:49 PM
I'm starting my own portrait/wedding business and obviously have to get some good prints for show. What papers do you guys that do portraits print on. I'll be printing on one of Epsons large format printers
Posted by Octavio Salles on July 1, 2007 at 5:45 PM
I have recently printed a few b&w images on Epson Somerset Velvet 100% cotton paper, using Piezography ink set. The quality is great and it is something different from the normal, people really seem to like it.

It does not go well with color images though, IMO.
Posted by Kelly Rowe on July 2, 2007 at 3:46 PM
I print portraits on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl (red box) or Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl. Some of the black and whites go on Moab Entrada. I think they come out great with the Epson K3 ink. I'm also using ImagePrint RIP software and Colorbyte's .icc files for the 7800 which helps a lot. Calibrated monitor and print colors match perfectly.