Velvet Fine Art Paper (8.5x11 Inches, 20 Sheets) (S041636) , White

After my latest 13 x 19 Velvet Fine Art print slid out of my ET-8550 printer, my jaw dropped. The best description is “fantastic”. I have not yet tried many other papers with this printer, but I don’t think any would be better than this one. Be sure to use the correct profile when you print with this paper.

My initial impressions... this paper FEELS so good in your hands! The paper is almost twice as thick as Epson's Ultra Premium Luster photo paper (another super excellent Epson paper!). Heavy and substantial! I got it to use on my Epson Stylus Pro 3880 printer. It's an excellent paper for printing photos of fine art.. and "Old World" photography. I used it the other day to print a photo that was perfect for the Watercolor filter in Photoshop CS5. It works very well whenever using "Watercolor" type filters in Photoshop and other editing programs. However it CAN be used in other situations, depending on your image. It is a SUPERB paper! For exhibition quality B & W prints, try Epson's Exhibition glossy paper. NOTE: This paper was designed to be used in Epson's professional printers and a few of the wide format prosumer printers. Not for their basic consumer printers or all-in-ones where it will actually jam your printer badly!! Verify in your printer manual that this paper can be used with your printer. If your printer cannot be loaded with a matte black cartridge, you probably have a printer that is incompatable with this paper.

I make art prints for my clients. I did a lot of research before settling on this as my paper of choice, and I've been happily using it for a few years now. It can be pricier than some others, but I love the way the colors come out on it, smooth and saturated in a way you don't usually see on matte papers. (Just make sure you print on the right side! The printing side is the one that's facing you when you open the package, with the sheet of directions in front.) It's a good weight too, nice and thick while still being manageable by a home printer.

This is excellent paper, but seriously overpriced and does have a velvety feel on one side with the other side being smooth. I am having a hard time finding paper that is velvety and this almost meets my criteria as I use colored pencils and graphite. This is not like the flocked velvety paper though and that paper will not work well with graphite anyway. I would like to find some paper that has a more velvety feel to it, a deeper pile per say and I will keep looking until I find it, I want the feel of sued. Actual sued does not do well with graphite so animal skins are out unless I change them somehow to be able to take graphite better, already tried that route. Think I am going to have to go to a professional art shop and buy paper by the piece, which is really expensive at about $4 - $8 a sheet, of a large sheet of paper about 24" square, and was hoping not to have to do that, but while this paper is good, it is not exactly what I am looking for as I do a lot of botanicals, flowers and animals. This paper also will probably not do well if you want to get really dark blacks or erase a lot, but with that being said is really good art paper. Probably great for portraits also.

This paper is excellent for fine art prints from an inkjet printer. The paper has a nice substantial weight, gives a great matte finish with a lovely velvet texture. I used my home printer. A Canon G6000 series and the prints looked professionally done! The paper is a cream color, so keep that in mind. It worked great for what we were printing, but I do wish Epson offered an option for the same paper in white as well.

I used this paper in my graphic design portfolio. I really wanted something that felt good to touch when you're flipping through the book. This paper really did the trick. I get a lot of compliments on how well it compliments the wooden covers. Out of all the matte papers I experimented with I found this one retained the most vivid colors. I lot of my work has a vintage, handmade feel to it. This paper suits the style very well. The only downside I've found is the paper is so thick when using it for a book folks sometimes feel as if they're turning three pages at a time and sort of struggle to peel them apart when they can't.

I love the quality of this paper, but it took me 3 tries (3 large sheets full of ink) to figure out why my prints looked so faded. I bought this paper to make fine art prints from my original acrylics (which range from light washes to dark/black tones). After 3 prints, I thought something was wrong with my Canon Pixma iP8720 printer. After reading a few reviews about the paper, I thought I'd try flipping my faded prints over to try printing on the other side. That worked! I know there are some reviews that say there's not much difference between the front and back of the paper, but please follow the instructions inside the cellophane sleeve to determine which is the front side. It can make a big difference depending upon what you are printing!

What can I say? This is beautiful paper that makes my work look much better than I could, alone. It holds fine details while yielding rich color and velvety blacks. Of course, you need a printer that can both feed and print on such thick stock, as well as put down sufficient ink to feed this thirsty paper--I use an Epson Stylus Pro 3880. Things I don't like? Well, it's very difficult (impossible for me, even using the "wet finger" test) to tell which side is which, and you must print on the face side. However, the plastic pouch the paper comes in is supposed to be oriented such that, if its flap is on top when the pouch is sealed, the face side of the paper will be up. So, I place the paper and pouch on my worktable with the sealed flap up, open the flap down onto the table, and withdraw one sheet at a time, face up. Other than that, I wish my printer would auto-feed from a stack of this paper, but it cannot. That's the printer's limitation, though, not the paper's. Buy one of the Epson sample packs, if you haven't tried this paper, yet, and I'll bet you'll be adding it to your inventory.

Perfect paper

I’ve only printed one of these so far with my new Epson printer but the results were beautiful and no fuss.

This is an excellent product which I highly recommend for professional inkjet printing on an Epson printer. The quality of the prints and the colour are outstanding and the texture and weight of the paper is beautiful and enhances the images. I have always used this paper for special portfolio work and for exhibitions. It is expensive but if you want a professional look with good colour, sometimes it is worth paying extra for a high quality product.

Un papier qui couplé a une bonne imprimante est idéal pour les photos "arts". Son seul inconvénient est son prix...

Las fotografías se conservan verdaderamente en la memoria más impresas que en una pantalla, he podido realizar facsimilares de fotografías antiguas de mi familia con este papel, con la certeza de que sobrevivirán mucho más por su calidad. El papel dice imprimirse de la cara más blanca, aunque lucen iguales, el instructivo muestra que la que se imprime es la que queda arriba al abrir el empaque, sin embargo, imprimí postales por ambos lados y se imprimieron igual de bien en ambos lados. El empaque llegó en perfectas condiciones. Excelente para impresión fina y que pretenda durar muchos años gracias a su composición.