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THE GOODS HIGH 5
FINE-ART INKJET PAPERS
1. Hahnemühle
Museum
Etching, 350 gsm
$37, street, for 20 8.5x11-inch
sheets n www.hahnemuhle.com
Wow. That’s the feeling we had when
we held a print on this slightly textured
100-percent cotton rag paper. Its
350-gsm weight makes it feel like a
mat board, which means that it’s not
easily damaged when handled, and it
can be matted and framed at very large
sizes without having to be mounted
(unlike some lighter-weight papers).
Black-and-white images truly shine
on this paper, as do reproductions of
watercolors and paintings.
2. Ilford Galerie Gold
Fibre Silk, 310 gsm
$14, street, for 10 8.5x11-inch
sheets n www.ilford.com
This paper blends a fiber base with a
semigloss finish and slightly off-white
tone. Expect sharp detail, deep blacks,
saturated color and a heavy, high-end
feel. The best part? It can often be
found at prices 30–50 percent lower
than other fine-art - fiber inkjet papers.
3. Innova
FibaPrint White
Semi-Matte, 300 gsm
$41, street, for 25 8.5x11-inch
sheets n www.innovaart.com
Bright white paper with a slightly
more “organic” feel than Ilford’s Gold
Fibre, it prints with a made-in-thedarkroom
look. The heavy, semi-matte
surface produced rich, full-scale
images, and is ideal for pictures of all
types, from portraits to landscapes,
in color or in black-and-white.
4. Moab Entrada
Rag Fine Art,
300 gsm, Natural
$30, street, for 25 8.5x11-inch
sheets n www.moabpaper.com
If any paper could be called romantic,
this is the one. The way its subtle
texture holds ink makes it look and feel
velvety. Plus, this 100-percent cotton
rag paper is double-sided—great for
books and cards. A “Bright” version
is also available for those who crave
a slightly brighter, more neutral paper
base. And lighter, dual-sided 190-gsm
sheets are available in both versions.
5. Red River Paper
LuxArt Satin Rag,
270 gsm
$57, street, for 25 8.5x11-inch
sheets n www.redriverpaper.com
This fine-art paper has a unique look
and feel. It’s a heavy, slightly off-white
watercolor paper, with a 100-percent
cotton base, and a prominentlytextured
surface that looks almost
as though it were sprayed with a fine
semigloss coating. By reducing the ink
density when using matte black ink,
you can produce high-quality prints (FLOWER)
using either matte-black or photoblack
inks (avoiding the need for an ink
DARLOW
switch that is common on many Epson
pigment-based inkjet printers).
—Andrew Darlow ANDREW
14 WWW.POPPHOTO.COM POP PHOTO FEBRUARY 2009