B&W fine art prints - an all time favourite paper? Exhibition Cotton Gloss 335gsm paper review 

you covered some very valuable information regarding paper choices. thank you

thanks for sharing this detailed side of printing. Great photography on top of it all.

Keith, Thanks for the video review. My main glossy paper I use is the discontinued Harman Glossy Baryta which has the closest surface finish to a glossy silver print I have seen. I also sometimes use Innova IF45, but to my eyes the reformulated paper is not as warm as the previous version, which is a shame as there appear to be no warmtone glossy papers left on the market. My favourite smooth glossy paper is Innova Editions Photo Cotton Rag, which is a lovely warm paper.

Thanks for the review. Paper is always a hard choice, I think. I've had trouble getting the paper sizes that I like to use, so I've settled on Red River Paper (they even have the odd 13x38 paper size).

Good video. I appreciate you sharing your experiences. I agree with your observations. FYI, I have settled exclusively on Canson BFK Rives, and Canson Baryta Photographique II on a Canon Pro-1000 printer. Most of my BW prints go on BFK Rives; however, certain types of BW images lend themselves to the Canson Baryta paper.

Thank you Keith. Question: Will you make a video on how a custom profile is prepared? Is it worthy for an amateur to create own profiles or use ready made ones? We want to know more on this topic. Again, thank you for your videos.

Thank you!

Hello Keith, once again thank you for sharing your experiences and opinions.I live in Switzerland, I use an Epson SC P7500, and I use mainly Hahnemuhle and Tecco papers.Actually I use the Photo rag from Hahnemuhle, do you have an idea what paper compare to the Innova, because here Innova is difficult to find? Another question are you happy with the use of the MacStudio? Thanks for your answers Daniel

It is still available at B&H, both in roll format as well as separate sheets.

Excellent review Keith I am currently testing this paper out on my Epson 7560 here in the USA.. When building your profile what paper type did you select? I realize you did yours on the P5000 not sure that would translate over to my 7560 Thanks

I just checked and you can get Innova in the US. Thanks in advance for, well everything you do, but in particular covering US papers (in addition to Red River, Moab's worthy of consideration). Would you consider baryta for the Ipswich (or oak tree) image and if so, any particular one?

Thanks, Keith. In contrast to many others you prefer the IFA-45 over the IFA-69. I have only used the IFA-69 up to now: Is the IFA-45 more glossy or will it deliver better tonality/blacks? Paper brightness?

Hi Keith, thanks for all your videos on the pro 300. I did buy one but am having problems and was wondering with your considerable knowledge if you can see where I'm going wrong. I am using the Canon layout interface and printing on A3+ Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl. I have the ICC from Ilford for the paper and can select it ok from Photoshop, I get no option on the paper tray choice just the manual tray, but the printer screen displays the top tray all the time. When instructed to print the paper gets drawn through the printer without any printing and I get a message saying the paper is jammed. this is the first sheet of paper that has gone into the printer. The paper choice on the printer is set to Light photo paper as I don't get the choice of heavy paper for the top tray and I can't seem to get the manual tray to show in the display. Sorry for the drawn out explanation but it has become a little frustrating. thanks for any help you can give.

The link to the written review is broken. Thanks for this review

Im planning on opening an art store where i sell my prints(photos mostly, but also digital drawings) and paintings of others(actual paintings and prints of them). I see that canon pro-300 is pretty obvious choice, but im trying to spec me 3 different kinda of papers. I want something super glossy for deep blacks and bright colors, something super matte, and then something in between. Im leaning towards canon platinum paper, hahnemule hemp paper(this looks very nice and fits the "street art" brand) and i cannot decide which paper in between. Which 3 papers would you recommend to get started with?

One wonders how they may come to understand the nature of many papers without a lot of expense? Or printers for that matter.