Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl Inkjet Photo Paper (Model 1979239, 100 Sheets)

Average customer rating: 5.0

simply the best
VERY GOOD PAPER
Ilford Paper Smooth Pearl
Not for the HP B9180 Printer
Best E surface inkjet paper around

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Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl Inkjet Photo Paper (Model 1979239, 100 Sheets)

Manufacturer: Ilford
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00006I5C3

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Product Description

ILFORD Galerie Smooth Pearl Paper is a premium microceramic photographic paper, designed to deliver instant drying images with a real photo look and finish, using today's range of photo-dedicated desktop inkjet printers. Compatible with most photo-dedicated and photo-capable desktop printers, and the corresponding vendor's inks Sensitive, like all unprotected nanoporous instant dry media, to environmental pollutants - an effect referred to as gas fading For longest archival duration (up to ten years), laminate prints or display under glass Weight - 280g/m2 Opacity - 99% Caliper - 280 micron Gloss - 14-22% (60%) Sheet size - 8.5 x 11 100 sheets included per package

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed for use with all inkjet printers, Ilford Galerie smooth pearl photo paper uses a Micro-ceramic technology and a smooth pearl finish to help you achieve professional-looking results, without a trip to the photo lab. This 280 g/m2 paper has a 99% opacity and a 14-22% gloss, resulting in a sturdy feel and a life expectancy of about 10 years. 100 sheets of paper are provided in each package.

Customer Reviews:

simply the best.......2007-01-11

Hands down this is the nicest photo paper I have ever printed with. It really is a nice inbetween product...not too matte not too glossy. And the thickness of the paper is very reassuring. I won't ever buy the junk they sell at Wal-mart or Office Depot again.

VERY GOOD PAPER .......2006-11-11

VERY GOOD PAPER, I WAS INFORMED ABOUT IT FROM A FRIEND WHO IS REALING INTO PHOTOGRAPHY

Ilford Paper Smooth Pearl.......2006-11-11

I am a big fan of Epson photo paper and still use it...but this paper is just as good and the quality if great...

Not for the HP B9180 Printer.......2006-10-26

Based on the description that it was compatible with all inkjet printers, the glowing reviews, and the fact that I really liked Ilford Pearl in my B&W photography days, I bought a box with a new HP B9180 printer.

The output of the printer is phenomenal. But when I printed a photo on the Pearl paper, it had a very grainy and reticulated look to it. The same picture on HP Advanced Glossy (that came with the printer), was flawless.

After talking to Ilford, who says they've got the paper to work with the HP Vivera inks on another printer, but they don't have a profile for the B9180 yet. And they didn't have any suggestions as to what to try.

HP was actually quite helpful, considering their paper worked fine, and it was the Ilford having problems.

I'm really sorry this didn't work out, since I quite like the surface of the Pearl paper. But since Amazon said it would work, they are refunding my full purchase price (including shipping). Buying from Amazon sometimes has distinct advantages. Who else would take back an opened box of paper, regardless of what it said on the website?

If you do have a printer that works with this paper, it is a nice heavyweight paper with a very appealing surface.

Best E surface inkjet paper around.......2006-03-04

Like other reviewers, I have tried virtually all the E surface, satin, semigloss papers. I have used Digital Art Supplies' ICI Olemec for years, preferring it to Epson's Photo Lustre for brighter whites and heavier grade(260). Ilford's Smooth Pearl paper, particularly in larger quantities,at Amazon's price, is about 40% cheaper, palpably noticeably heavier(290), and equal in quality and surface to ICI. The base whiteness of the paper is slightly less than that of ICI, and essentially equivalent to Epson Luster. Even though, when framed, weight is not particularly important, the heft this paper has when handled bespeaks its high quality, similar to the analagous professionally produced custom halide photographic print.

Ilford provides free profiles for all of their major papers for most of the late model quality inkjet printers from Epson, HP and Canon. This is a must download from www.ilford.com/gallerie, if you are printing from Photoshop(where you select the profile in the Print with Preview dialogue box) and calibrate your monitor; that is if you want the optimum congruence between your monitor's output and what you see on the print. With proper attention to details, color matching is excellent and the wide RGB gamut is faithfully reproduced.

Prints are immediately dry and exhibit no significant metamerism with the Epson ultrachrome inks. I currently use an Epson R800, but I have seen prints on this paper with the Epson K3 inks and they are superb as well.

With the K3 set on the latest generation R2400 or 4800, which includes three shades of black cartridges, this paper beautifully displays neutral blacks and greys with a wide tonal range to produce spectacular black and white prints(if the files themselves are such!) which is not possible with the R800 printer whose ink set effectively uses only one tonal black cartridge, either photo or matte black. The B/W prints are good with the R800, but have an unavoidable slight color cast and a compressed tonal range which is NOT the fault of the paper.

Smooth pearl is a fabulous all purpose surface with a satin type gloss, muted with respect to pure glossy, but with more sparkle than a standard matte finish. The E surface is a standard for professional output, particularly for portraiture and the wedding industry, but is a worthy format for just about any type of subject matter.

In summary, this is a super quality product at an amazingly competitive price.

VERY highly recommended.

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