Best paper for printing

[Sime]

yeah - fair play... I use a Canon Pixma iP6700D ...the printer is v.important...

[angeleyes216]

Originally Posted by Damo

Not sure if you have a shop called Jessops where you live, but they are a big photo shop here in the UK, and they do their own brand paper, in all the sizes 6x4 7x5 A4 A3, heavyweight 260gsm Satin finish, and the photos come out absolutely gorgeous, (with my Epson 1290 printer), I did a whole wedding set on it and they were so pleased. Definately worth a try. Sime I'll give the canon a go though, always looking to better my prints, but I think it'll be hard to beat the jessops satin.

Im from Australia but moved to the U.S so im not sure about jessops but ill ask around. I have a cannon inkjet printer which i'm fairly happy with but always looking to improve on what i have. Thankyou so much for all your comments. Much appreciated and ive learnt so much from this website and everyones help.

[jdepould]

I was printing fairly large (13x19 aka Super B) last semester and got really good matte results with staples paper, oddly enough. This was on an Epson 1800 I think.

[Nicole]

Originally Posted by ELAY

Are certain papers designed to work better with certain printers? For example, and leaving aside the general quality issue, on balance is Canon paper going to give me better results on a Canon printer, Epson on Epson, and so on?

Or is it just a matter of quality?

I think that the manufacturers would try to have you believe that you will get the best results from paper that is the same as their printer brand. And store employees try that one too by trying to make sure you buy the matching paper. Personally, I think it's a matter of paper quality (since I use Epson paper quite often on my Canon printer ). If it were a matter of getting the best prints only on matching paper, the 3rd party paper sellers would have a very hard time, and yet as has been mentioned, places like Jessops sound like they have some excellent quality stuff.