HP Advanced Photo Paper - Letter - 8.5" x 11" - 250g/m² - Soft Gloss - 50 x Sheet - White

• Assembly Required: No, Brightness Percentage: 94%, Brightness Standard: 94 GE/105 ISO (D65), Color: White, Finishing: Soft Gloss, Media Quantity: 50 x Sheet, Media Size: Letter 8.5" x 11", Media Thickness: 10.5mil, Media Weight: 250g/m², Print Technology: Inkjet
• Sold as 1 pack

I am very satisfied with the renderings this paper produces of my extensively Photoshop-tweaked images using an HP B9180 printer with its Vivera pigment inks. I cannot detect bronzing effects on dithered black and white prints, and colors are very close to the ones I see on my profiled (ColorVision Spyder2PRO Win/Mac) monitor. The satin surface is quite elegant; it looks very much like the surface of the paper used on my signed Ansel Adams print.

One issue unresolved for me is the archival quality of the paper. The chart on the box equates it with wet chemistry photo papers, and then only if kept under glass. The chart seems designed to move you up-market to HP Premium papers, which are not compatible with Vivera ink. How much of archival properties is determined by ink and how much by substrate? In this case, I guess only time will tell, unless HP publishes a clearer specification.

At $0.40 per sheet for letter size, I consider this paper a bargain. Watch the office supply store ads, as HP inkjet paper frequently goes on special at these places.

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