Fine Art Paper Choices

I've been printing on Kodak Endura Lustre paper for the past two years and happy with the results. It's been a few years since I have tested any other papers though so is there anything else I should try? I've printed on Epson Premium Lustre, and Fuji Crystal Archive in the past. I didn't care for Epson Premium Lustre very much. Something about the texture of the paper and seemed to be lacking in wow factor for me personally.

I'm glad you brought this up, Richard, as I'm interested in trying some new papers also.  

I've been using, and very happy with, Ilford Gold Fibre Silk.  Recently there has been some question about whether this baryta-type paper was discontinued, but it appears that they just rebranded and renamed it.
http://www.ilford.com/products/photo-inkjet/galerie-prestige/gold-fibre-silk-310gsm 


- Greg 

 

I've printed on Ilford Gold Fibre Silk.  It prints very nicely.  I do my own framing and matting.  Dry mounting Gold Fibre Silk is nearly impossible.  I HATE the paper for that reason.  Prints great, just can't complete a project with it.

Thanks guys. I'll try it out and see what happens. I got some other suggestions via Twitter: Epson Exhibition Fiber, Gloss Art Fibre Warmtone by Harman. Ilford's Gold Mono Silk, Hahnemuhle's Photo Rag. The photo rag sounds really appealing to me as I've never tried printing on cotton before.

I like Canson Platine Fiber Rag. Same looks at Gold Fiber Silk, but I find it far easier to handle.

Epson Velvet Fine Art is a nice paper, as well. The Epson profile for it pretty good, too.
-p

Thanks guys. Love that I can go to NPN and get all sorts of ideas like this.