Mr. Cooper, thank you so much for your videos. I confess I am a novice when it comes to printing. In fact, I had little appreciation of the complexity of printing, papers and the like. Your presentations really gave me an appreciation of this wonderful art form. Based on your reviews and my family's needs, I decided recently to purchase an Epson ET-2850 and look forward to experimenting with this basic printer, using some of your profiles and a variety of papers. I also read your fine review of this printer. I really appreciate the way that you share your expertise and experience in a way that even someone totally new to this area can comprehend.

Keith, this is exactly what I was looking for. Based on your suggestions, my Pro-200 should be arriving any day and I'm excited to get it up and running. Thank you for all the work and time you've put in to making these videos.

the best photo papers myself like..Epson glossy photo paper roll 24" or 36", semi glossy, satin very good as well. I use HP designjet Z2100 44" with 8 pigmented inks , I created my own icc profiles for those epson photo papers. when I edited my photos on Adobe photoshop 2024, I converted them with the epson icc profiles, after I defined print size, the i pick photoshop ( not printer ), then the right icc profile. all print outs were beautiful with accurate colors..

Thank you so much Keith. That was so helpful. I was waiting a lot of time for one video like that. Thanks again :)

Your videos have always been informative and easy to understand - they have transformed the quality of my prints in both my work and personal life. Thank you Keith!

It's a question I get asked frequently as well and I give the same response as you. Part of the fun is trying different papers and learning their characteristics.

Information on this video is worth as much as gold! Thank you!

Thanks Keith. Those were very good choices of examples you put together. Really helped demonstrate the suitability of different types of paper for various photo types. Definitely helpful for someone looking to start printing their photos.

Brilliant video Keith , I asked about best paper types in a previous video , but this massively helps out with the issues I was having in picking what paper I wanted , so thanks so much for the replies and the advice , great stuff

As someone just starting out printing using fine art papers, I found this video very informative!

Great video as always, there is always something to e learned from your vids Keith.

Pro 200 owner big thanks. Been bouncing around all your videos to learn how to use it. Tons of photography channels, few talk about printing.

I really learnt a lot from this video. Gives a very good perspective from the point of the paper and the emotion one wishes one's photo to convey. Thank you.

Really enjoyed this video Keith. Very helpful advice for me, as I'm looking at purchasing a photo printer (most likely the Canon Pro-300) and currently trying to learn as much as I can about. I have found several of your videos to be most helpful. Thank you. Subscribed :)

You're the man I need to watch for advice. Thanks for the no-nonsense video - I needed to know which paper to use for different images and your video made sense. You covered everything I needed to know. Subscribed and liked 👍

Very informative and still better than other videos on KZfaq! Thank you very much Cooper!

Great discussion! Thank you very much for your excellent work!

Thank you for helping my choice of printer and now through this video guiding my paper choices. The best bit has been the advice not to expect an exact screen match but to choose your desired print look from the available materials. I went for a Pro 300. Thanks again

Best video on this subject I've ever seen. Thanks

What a privilege and pleasure to watch and listen to your videos, particularly given the current sea of molasses that is much of KZfaq. Thanks so much for this welcome discussion about paper.

Thank you so much, this was exactly the kind of input I need to proceed with my plans 🎉 I like listening to you, very easy to follow your explanations

Thanks Keith. I have just acquired a Pro 10s and I am finding your many videos and articles to be most helpful and very informative. I consider myself very much a novice printer having had several small desktop types and I never realised that there were so many variables and considerations to take into account.

Great video Keith, thanks for the tips.

Thanks so much, Keith! This is a great resource for me as I start to print with my new Pro 200. I lean towards matte but I’ll have to check out lustre and art papers, too.

thanks for sharing. i say the same thing when people ask what camera brand or lenses. in till you get into your hands. you never know which fits your needs

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

Ahh Keith... I was expecting answers to all my paper print type questions... and now it's back to experimenting... which I knew might be the case :) Thank you for the breakdown and explanation, much appreciated. Looking forward to your Canon 300 video.

I enjoyed the video, thanks so much for the inspiration and the info!

very helpful and informative video,you have taught me what I have been waisting a lot of time, paper and money on, many thanks.

Great information Keith. Thanks

I like your approach. The paper selection is not which one do you recommend it is which one expresses our creative eye. Try a test image and/or print the image on two, three or four different paper types. Such a simple solution. Some of us need a little hand holding and then a kick in the pants. And also thanks for the ET-8550 set up video. Yesterday was set up day. Thanks

This is amazing, thank you so much sir 🙂

Thank you for demonstrating so many different papers and effects. Photo and art papers are confusing to me and this has helped. I'm going to take your suggestion and create a mix of photos to print on different media.

Brilliant insight! Love it

this is a super helpful video thank you!!!!!!

wow! Great video! Not what I was looking for but I watched the whole thing, you are interesting, a great vulgariser and it's nice to learn from you, inspiring for my next print project, thank you. Instant like and sub!

great review. thanks!

Thankyou once again Very informative

I have a number of papers I enjoy using but if I had to stick to only one type it would be a Lustre/Satin finish paper. As you described here, some images simply don't work on Matt or very glossy papers. Lustre/Satin papers are a happy medium and suit more image types in my opinion. That said I like to experiment with unusual paper types and have been surprised how well the results were for images I initially thought wouldn't work well. No hard or fast rules, as you rightly state it's really a matter of what suits personal taste and/or the feel of the finished results that you are trying to achieve ☺️

Just found your channel and love the content so far!

Thanks! very helpful!

Good comparison and helpful explanations

very informative!

very helpful, thank you.

Very helpful

This is so incredibly helpful. Together with the Epson 18100 review I'm confident i'm making the right purchase. Your emphasis on preference and an artist look was very welcome. Only downside is that now I want the 18100 *and* a pixma pro 200 to mess around with pigment ink on fine art papers ;-))

Your shots are so good by the way even though you are showing "paper" your photographs are beautiful.

Hi Keith First of all thank you for the great quality content you share - both in writing and in video form As a rookie printer I'd tremendously enjoy an article or a video on the differences between the semi-gloss papers. I mean lustre vs pearl vs semi-gloss vs semi-matte and so on. Basically what are the differences/progression going from glossy to matte, what are the differences in sheen, granularity, smoothness/texture of the paper type I tried to find a definitive answer or guide but I'm afraid one such guide does not exist or there are many contradicting each other

Thinking I understand what you are driving at now. Thanks

I always use the same named paper as the printer. I find it works the best.

Very nice examples and proper information. Besutiful pictures. What I miss is the thickness of the paper, I understand that too can make a big difference?

Thanks for your videos Keith Cooper! Your review on ET8550 and emphasis on paper quality gave me a lot of confidence on my purchase. One follow up on this video regarding paper type is photo framing. I got so happy with my new printings I want to hang them on the wall, but I´ve read that glossy paper + normal glass normally are not a good match. It would be delightful to know your thought about it. Maybe no glass? Maybe luster paper? Also, which color to choose?

Good video. Ppl will pick up some useful pointers if they are paying attention or even watched this all the way through… because the examples you give makes sense to me, especially the two bnws at the end, also using metallic paper for lights of Houses of Parliament(?) pic, also going matte for Cannon Beach and the snow image with trees… these examples are guidelines enough… and I can totally see why you don’t say “use (this brand) of paper” or “use that printer” because, I will add, that there’s also the issue of cost, experience with printing (ie. whether the person is a beginner or experienced printer), familiarity with color profiles and soft-proofing, availability of paper… suppose you were to tell people to use some specific paper or specific printer… people would have problems if they couldn’t follow your advice because the suggested paper or printer was out of budget, not available or infeasible for the audience, for whatever reason… the way I see it, is that paper choice will depend on the image and like you said what image elements or mood one is trying to convey… using glossy for smaller prints vs large makes sense… would this also apply to textured papers? Logically I would use heavy textured papers (ex William Turner or Albrecht Durer) for large prints and not small ones, as a small paper with heavy texture would be distracting…

Great guidance in this video, thank you.. You’ve referred to a ‘continuum’ of terms/names of the styles (kinds) of papers. What is the full list? I am assuming it starts with metallic on bright/shiny end and ends with mattest matte? Thanks again.

a decision challenge comes in when creating an exhibitiion. the look in my view needs to be consistent so I imagine there could be certain level of compromise needed 'one paper to rule them all' sort of thing.

Thanks for this .. regarding the two black and whote prints .. the architectural image .. was that printed on Luster paper? Lots of great information here.

Very thorough as usual. I particularly like the effect of the metallic paper, how would you suggest displaying this? A side point, but what is your opinion of the quality of the square Cokin grad filters? I'm struggling to provide any "straight" information regarding them.

Love the videos. I have just purchased a Canon Prograf 300. On your advice, I would like to download your test print pages. I have had a look on your website, but I can not find them. Are you able to help me find them. Many thanks, John

Thanks Keith, that is a very good prespective on this issue. I am curious though about your "not famous name papers". I have been trying Ilford, Hahnemuhle and Epson, can you suggest other interesting brands to try?

I like Canon's glossy with my new Pro-200, but like you say the large prints can be a reflection nuisance. I also have their luster and matte to try. Is there a ranking of various paper names in general? Maybe metallic first, then (Canon papers for instance) Pro Platinum, Glossy, Semi-gloss, Matte and then Fine Art. I see here in the US, Red River has quite a listing of papers and they have recommendations for printer models, so I'll try some of theirs after experimenting with the Canon papers first as you recommended.

Hi Keith….to the point and always very honest opinion. Without going through over 100 comments I wonder if I could ask where I could download the test image please ? Apologies in advance if it’s already been asked/answered.

Mr Keith thanks for this video. I need you recommendation, I'm new to printing, I'm starting with A3 printing for frame design and outdoor poster. My questions is which a3 paper is best for portrait frame design for offices and homes, what paper is best for poster ads. Thank you

Thanks for the video. How valuable are test images if they are unprofiled? I printed an icc profile target and a test image when going through a test pack of paper. My reasoning was I couldn't tell the difference between say slight exposure differences between the papers and paper differences. So for me, I've decided not to print test images without making a profile first. What about baryta papers? In some ranges they seem to be a significant part of the good lustre type papers. Amusinging out of the three ordinary gloss papers I have tested, two are similar and one is significantly better with much more shadow detail and colour gamut. It's not the paper from the printer manufacturer which is in the driver. I don't think this is due to my lack of skill making profiles. Paper does appear to be picky about the specific ink set. All three papers are reasonable, one is just much better. definitely

Really helpful Keith thanks. Just bought Epson 15000 and have read your review as well as video thanks. Have looked everywhere but cant see that anyone produces a selection pack of different papers. Do you know of any please? Also when you say Art paper what do you mean re purchasing? I do watercolour and oils so have appropriate paper for each but a video on buying specific papers for printing would be a help…any chance? Forgive me if you’ve already done one and I’ve missed it! Sort me out in that case 😂!! Thanks again 👍

love the videos they have helped can i ask something i am stuck on....... i am going to start doing a3 prints and i am struggling on what packaging to use to send to customers. i accidently bought the wrong A3 postal tubes off amazon as they were only 46mm in diam and when testing a print in it i had to roll it ultra tight which resulted not just in massive curls but kind of creases too since it had to be rolled tight. I spoke to a packing supplier and they had the long postal boxes which are 108mm wide which would be great but when i asked them they said there will still be curling and reccoment the card backed envelopes. i keep hearing different things from people saying prints can be more damaged i card backed envelopes, but when ever i have had big prints etc they have always come in these long recangled/squared postage tubes. am i right in assuming these would be best as they will always be a bit of curling on prints when posting i just got the 970 which you reviewed and so far it is fantastic i had been doing small prints on a hp tango printer as i have a hp instant ink sub but its amazing to see how bad normal printersd are for photos and art printing compared to something like the 970 also i always got smudging when i touched the prints even ages after them drying ...prints from my 970 coime out dry lol

Hi Do You Know if Canon made a Accounting Manager supporting the Pro-200» ? tks

Hi I have the pro-200. i got it just today. and i saw you use a software ( can remenber the video ) from Canon for best Print. What software is that? I Edit In Lightroom or Photoshop Sorry my poor english. I'm from Portugal.

Sir, can i print with dye-ink in Satin paper or luster paper

Keith, wouldn't a test print of a collage of my own photos be more valuable than a stock test print image?

I'm new to printing and found many papers exist only A4 or bigger. Is it a thinkable path to cut an A4 in halves or even quarters, at least for test prints? Or is this a total no-no?

ciao kooper volevo chiederti una cosa. allora se parliamo di carte come canson o hanehm sappiamo che loro hanno una produzione propria. ma ci sono molte altre case che non hanno una produzione propria e di riforniscono altrove. per esempio io uso la fowa paper con la quale mi trovo molto bene e sono riuscito a sapere che la carta in questione la produce la Felix Schoeller in germania e altre case utilizzano questa produzione. conosci per esempio altre case di produzione che fanno la stessa cosa? io uso un'altra carta che è la Photo Paper Direct (PPD), basso costo qualità buona e risiede in inghilterra, la conosci? hi kooper I wanted to ask you something. so if we talk about cards like canson or hanehm we know that they have their own production. but there are many other houses that do not have their own production and supply them elsewhere. for example I use the fowa paper with which I am very happy and I was able to know that the paper in question is produced by Felix Schoeller in Germany and other companies use this production. do you know for example other production companies that do the same thing? I use another paper which is Photo Paper Direct (PPD), low cost good quality and resides in England, do you know it?

Wow! You are a life saver. I think you can help me out. I use Epson L1800 A3+ Eco Tank 6 ink. The printer default ICC profile are below. I normally use VMS Delux Colour Inkjet Paper A4 210GSM & VMS Digi Print RC 240GSM Matte Inkjet and A3+ Nova PrismaJet Digital Plus+ RC Glossy 270 GSM for Photo Printing. Epson L1800 can print. Matte Photo Glossy Photo Quality Inkjet Premium Glossy Premium Luster Premium Semigloss Ultra Glossy Sir can you kindly suggest me what types of paper can i use on my printer. And yes i do monitor calibration for my monitor (BenQ SW2700PT). I also do paper profiling. I have a doubt about what colour space should i select for new document in Photoshop or use don't color manage under advanced options when creating new document for edit and print. By default to my monitor color space is Adobe RGB and i have calibrated it to panel native. And inside Photoshop color settings i have set working color space to Adobe RGB instead of sRGB. I use x-rite i1Studio Device for profiling.

Sir, me and my friends are thinking of doing a poster business...like movies,games etc themed..Which type of printing paper will be best?? We want a 12 x16 size paper and a little bit hard type of paper..(with low budget of course)

I’m struggling to find paper to print antique photos onto. All the matte types I have been suggested through photo printers are still shiny and don’t keep in theme with the rest I have. Frustrating.

also what your take on double sized photo paper

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Silly…2:25. If choice of paper, ink, printer, and results is all subjective “matter of taste,” then why should I be watching this video? Sorry, but you’re sounding like some ‘60s professor who has absolutely nothing objective to share. Your audience doesn’t want to engage in full-on “trial-by-error” learning. Go ahead, share your opinion(s) of what is or works best. It’s your mistakes that are of value, if we can not make those having watched your videos.

Hi Keith I was thinking about buying the Epsom P 900 My other choice was Epsom SCP 5000 which looks a better printer than the 900 your advice would be much appreciated it is only for hobby at home for the quality of the 5000 does seem very good am I time you bought the role Feeder you nearly up the price of the Epsom 900 thank you very much Colin