Epson Premium Glossy 8 1/2 x 11 Inch Photo Paper 20 Count (S041286)

Compatible with Epson's archival-quality Durabright inks, the sheets produce optimal results when used with one of Epson's stylus photo printers. This paper's extraordinary thickness is designed to provide the feel of a traditionally printed photo while maintaining the ultimate in color-saturated richness. Contrast, brightness, and finely detailed resolution are all outstanding. The high gloss surface is quick-drying and resistant to smudges.

Each package contains 20 8.5-by-11-inch sheets, which should be protected from light and air upon opening.

Product Description
EPSON has earned a strong reputation for first-class printers, which offer an outstanding combination of quality, reliability and value for money. However, unless these products are complemented by EPSON consumables to match, users cannot expect to fully capitalize on their investment. EPSON understands that printing is a process, with printer, inks and paper working together to offer the ultimate in quality output. With this in mind, each EPSON consumable features innovative design, meticulous development, precision manufacture and rigorous quality control, ensuring that EPSON hardware continues to offer optimum performance throughout a long, trouble-free, working life.

Epson also produces the Premium Luster (an "E" surface or matte paper) and Premium Semi-Gloss Papers. They are all great papers, but the Premium Glossy affords the most contrast (which is to be expected from a glossy paper).

To lenghten this paper's longevity we reccomend displaying behind glass or keeping the prints in sheet protectors where the print doesn't have contact with the air. Under those conditions it will last a long time without a noticeable change--probably years, if not longer, according to Epson


The Best Paper for Photographs   July 8, 2000
22 out of 22 found this review helpful

This paper is THE paper to use if you want to print photos that look exactly like real photos from you Epson 1270, 870 printers! I haven't found a lower price than here.


The second best computer photo paper   August 27, 2001
Michael J. Keyes (Portland, OR USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

Until a few months ago, this was by far the best quality paper available for printing photos with a good photo printer, such as the Epson Stylus Photo 870. Print contrast, brightness, resolution, and color saturation, are excellent. The paper also works very well with black and white photographs. The blacks are remarkably deep and rich. Epson warns purchasers that the prints made with this paper are not as permanent as those made with conventional photographic papers, and it is important to protect the finished prints by putting them in albums or frames, and of course they must be kept away from direct sunlight. But Epson has now upstaged this paper with the new Epson ColorLife Paper. ColorLife is a semigloss paper that is generally superior to Premium Glossy, in terms of color saturaton and fine detail. And ColorLife is said to be much more resistant to fading.


Urban legends... color fading.   March 26, 2001
altos (West Coast)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful

Multiple forums have postings with a very similar tone: "there have been numerous reports of color deterioration, usually (insert color here) after several weeks". Well folks, having used up 20 packages of this paper, I can only offer one comment: bunk. The paper, ink and color quality are superb. Pictures I have hung on the wall look the same as they did a year ago. People can NOT tell they are from an inkjet printer and assume they are from a photo lab. This is great paper. Just use Epson cartridges. I am shooting 2.4M photos from an Olympus 2500 and the results on an Epson 870 with this paper are nothing short of spectacular.


Great Paper   October 2, 2000
F. A. Soares (Modesto, Ca USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I have used this paper with several Epson printers and I must say that I was amazed every time I use it. Once you set your printer to print pictures no other, paper will do if you want truly photographic quality pictures. The paper itself if of very high quality and feels and looks just like the paper you get from the photo development store. I would recommend this paper very much if you want to print photos at home in very high quality.