Ilford Galerie Prestige Smooth Pearl 8.5x11" 310gsm 100 Sheet Pack

• Professional pearl finish
• Instant dry nanoporous surface
• Superb photographic image quality and consistency
• Heavyweight look and feel of a traditional photograph
• Excellent compatibility with all good quality pigment and dye based inkjet printers

I have been using a HP B9180 Pro printer with good success for the level of printing I do. I recently switched from HP papers to Ilford''s Galerie Prestige Smooth Pearl because I just wasn''t all that satisfied with the quality of the photos I had been getting. The difference and/or improvements have been dramatic there''s no comparison between the two papers in terms of color and quality of the paper itself. I won''t use another paper again.

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I''m printing this paper on an Epson Stylus 3880 with Photoshop CS5 and 6 under Mac OS 10.6.8. I''ve been alternating between Ilford Pearl and Epson Luster as my standard inkjet photo papers. Both have a very similar look, but the updated Pearl with the thicker base is becoming my favorite. I also dislike Luster''s plastic backing, which is almost impossible to write on, and the cheap packaging the paper comes in. I''ve made prints on this new Pearl paper using both the Ilford and Epson Luster profiles and can''t see any difference between them. Both produce excellent results. I find the Pearl surface much more elegant than glossy for both color and black & white photos, though my best B&W prints are made on Harman Gloss Baryta.