Epson Cold Press Fine Art Paper 19 Mil 8.5 X 11 Textured

I love this paper. I am a semi-professional photographer and mainly focus in landscape and B&W photography. I really love the weight and feel of this paper, but it does require learning about how to use it with your printer. You need to have a photo printer that can handle heavy weight paper. I have an Epson ET-8550 printer that I use this in. My main issue with the printer is that I can't load any custom ICC profiles easily so I need to figure out which default profile to use. I will use the Velvet Fine Art Paper profile on my printer when using this paper and the print comes out really nice. You also need to know how the different papers and finishes affects what is printed. When I print color photos to this paper, they come out nice but the colors aren't always as vivid as on my monitor or printed with papers with a luster, semi-gloss, or glossy finish. This paper does not have a shiny finish on it and that will impact the brightness when doing color prints. Overall I really like what I can do with this paper.

Ordered two boxes. One came fine. The second one had most if not all of the papers bent on lower left. Disappointing.

Great paper! I use w my Epson artisan printer, really like the texture.

First time user of this paper for a very specific application. Printed well, and holds the colors pretty well to for the type of printer I use.

I like this paper although I think Epson has a quality control problem. Some boxes, the paper seems thicker and or stiffer than others. This makes it more difficult at times to load without the printer acting up. My biggest problem is that there are always 2 or 3 sheets per box that have a small dark blue or black speck on the print side, one had a deep brown seed imbedded in it that broke through the top and back and I have had problems with impressions (like tire marks) as well. Every box, no matter where I purchase it from has this problem and at a dollar a sheet, it adds up. If this continues, I'm just going to have to switch brands.