ILFORD Galerie Professional Inkjet 13 x 19-Inches, 50 Sheet, Gold Fibre Silk (115 4597) Save 6% off

• Traditional photo fibre base
• Look and feel of traditional baryta photo paper
• High quality black and white and colour images
• Wide colour gamut for vivid images
• Excellent sharpness

I recently read a great comparison review of Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325 , Harman Gloss FB AI, and Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk on the Luminous Landscape website. They gave glowing reviews of the Hahnemuhle and Ilford papers, so I decided to buy both and try it myself. Both of these papers are INCREDIBLE. Deep rich blacks, great tonal range, and almost no glossing or bronzing whatsoever. However, much to my surprise, I have to give the edge to the Ilford paper. I have always been a fan of Hahnemuhle products, and not a big fan of Ilford (except back in the film days when it was my favorite darkroom photopaper), but the Ilford clearly wins out. Both are incredible papers, but the Hahnemuhle has a little too much surface stipple for my liking whereas the Ilford is more subtle. The fact that the Ilford paper is considerably cheaper certainly doesn''t hurt, but even setting price aside I like the Ilford better. Very heavy 310 gm paper that is wonderful to work with (it must be run through the specialty media tray of an HP Pro B9180 printer). I highly recommend this paper. Best I have ever tried.

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Ilford Galerie Gold is quite simply the best ink jet paper I''ve ever used. While at this price point I wouldn''t recommend it for family snapshots, for high end printing you owe it to yourself to at least give it a try.

As a graphic designer and photographer, I''ve used many paper brands over the years. Ilford has always impressed me with it high standard and quality. Not too long ago I started using HP 8-ink printers that rely on expensive Vivera pigment based inks rather than the older dye based inks. Until recently I had used HP''s own Advanced Glossy Photo paper and was happy with the results. But after trying the Gold series paper, I''m a convert. The difference isn''t night and day, but you can definitely see that prints made on the Ilford paper are superior. The special surface formulation provides the perfect base for the pigment inks. The surface is dry by the time is finishes spooling from the printer, and the bright neutral white really shows off both color and B&W to it''s best advantage.

If you want the highest quality pigment ink jet print possible, definitely consider using Ilford Galerie Gold.

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Ilford Galerie Gold is quite simply the best ink jet paper I''ve ever used. While at this price point I wouldn''t recommend it for family snapshots, for high end printing you owe it to yourself to at least give it a try.

As a graphic designer and photographer, I''ve used many paper brands over the years. Ilford has always impressed me with it high standard and quality. Not too long ago I started using HP 8-ink printers that rely on expensive Vivera pigment based inks rather than the older dye based inks. Until recently I had used HP''s own Advanced Glossy Photo paper and was happy with the results. But after trying the Gold series paper, I''m a convert. The difference isn''t night and day, but you can definitely see that prints made on the Ilford paper are superior. The special surface formulation provides the perfect base for the pigment inks. The surface is dry by the time is finishes spooling from the printer, and the bright neutral white really shows off both color and B&W to it''s best advantage. It does not have quite as high a gloss as the HP or some other papers, but unless compared side by side you would never know.

If you want the highest quality pigment ink jet print possible, definitely consider using Ilford Galerie Gold.