Customer Reviews

Epson Colorlife Photo Paper for Stylus Photo 1270 and 1280 Printers (S041501, 13x19, 20 Sheets)

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I'm a freelance illustrator who sells prints regularly. I bought the Epson 1280 printer two years ago thinking I could produce "professional" quality prints of my artwork. Much to my dismay, using the standard printer settings and the available epson papers, I got less than desirable results. The prints were plagued with wysiwyg problems. The art on the monitor looked great, but when it printed out, the colors were off!
I had to constantly tweak the printer settings to get the right colors. Not only that, I heard the prints would eventually turn orange over a period of time! I was about to give up on the printer, but then came along the colorlife papers.

Every print that I made with the colorlife papers have come out a near perfect match with its onscreen counterpart. The quality is terrific with vivid colors and great detail. The printout feels and looks like a real profressional quality print! Overall, I am very satisfied with this paper. Oh, I should also mention that you MUST download the colorlife printer profiles from Epson to get your prints looking right. Its a very short download and worth the small inconvenience to download it.

Everything about this paper's qualities was stated beautifully in the review above -- but you can purchase 20 sheets of this paper for $15.99 either online or at places like CompUSA or OfficeMax when it is in stock. Check out Froogle and eBay. Shop around, especially if, like me, you print a lot. This paper is wonderful stuff, and you should definately have it, but not at the price of a second mortgage.