Customer Reviews

Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy, 20 sheets, 8x10 Borderless, (S041465)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Believe me paper matters. When you put the wrong paper in your printer, you get very weird results.

P.S. This review was before I had used Kodak's One Touch to better Pictures. Please see my Kodak Paper review prior to making your buying decision. I was really impressed with what Kodak did.

REVIEW IS BASED ON USE ON THE EPSON 890:
When I bought my Epson 890, I bought several different packs of Epson paper, this 8 X 10 one, an 8.5 X 11 one and some 4 X 6 sheets as well as the roll paper. See my separate reviews on the others items (including the printer) also on this site, if you are interested in them. However, finally, I got around to trying the 8 x 10 paper. You see you wait until you have the perfect picture to do an enlargement.

NICE QUALITY IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT USES
It did not dissappoint. Wow, the colors were great. I took several types of pictures and different lighting and the result were great. Now that I've tried it I'm hooked. People who have seen the pictures first of all can't believe they are off an inkjet printer. Then they marvel at the color and sharpness of the photo.

PAPER AND PRINTER INTERATION:
One caution, those of you that think you can use any paper on any printer... Forget it. I had some paper from another supplier and when I used it on the Epson, the ghostly images were terrible. It seems not surprisingly that the printers are optimized for their papers. And to be honest, it is not worth the money to me to try a bunch of other manufacturer's paper only to find out the results would be bad.

EASIER TO FIND ON THE WEB THAN IN THE STORES:
This paper is easier to find on the net. I have looked in my usual spots for this paper off the web and considering not only computer, office supply and grocery stores it is just not out there.

Great product... Enjoy.

I bought this paper for use in my new Epson Artisan 837 all-in-one and I'm very pleased with the results. Definitely lab quality in my opinion and the price here on Amazon is very fair.

Have used this paper only in Epson R1900 printer so all comments apply only to that printer. Paper produces very good color rendition, does not smear (even immediately after coming out of printer), provides sharp prints and has some "backbone" (i.e., is not really thin so can be handled well with respect to mounting, etc.). Give it 4 instead of 5 stars because IIlford paper is slightly higher quality at about the same price (that paper I would rate a 5 as it is, across the board, slightly better than this Epson paper).

I've been a user of Epson glossy photo papers for over a decade. I've never had a problem with them. Colors are brilliant and don't fade. Granted, some of that is ink performance, but the paper clearly lets the ink succeed! If you have an Epson printer and are using Epson ink, look no further!

I really love this paper on my epson r300. It does a great job on color and the prints are the best of any paper that I have tried for this printer at 8X10

Works great with my Epson R200. Maybe not a top of the line printer for photos but it works super for me. It prints borderless.

Not sure what I am going to do with my Kodak paper.

Fantastic output from the Epson 960 printer on this paper, but I bought it thinking I could print borderless 8x10's. This option was not supported by the printer -- need to print 8x10 on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, then trim it.

I bought this paper for the Epson 890 printer. The printer I love, the paper, I don't. This size paper isn't entered in the printer software that comes with the printer. There is no borderless 8x10 paper setting. You can manually select the size and check borderless, but the printer thinks its 8.5x11 and if you selected to print an 8x10 with your picture software the printer adds a border to 3 sides and cuts off the picture on the fourth. I played around with various paper sizes and printer options but with no improvement.

This was very dissapointing. I bought 8x10 photo paper because I wanted 8x10 borderless photos, once you trim the shots down, they are no longer standard sizes for putting in picture frames. If you want 8x10 shots, buy the 8.5x11 borderless paper and trim. Its the only way to get a standard sized picture.

Also, I wouldn't recommend 8x10 shots for digital photo printing. Unless you have a very high Megapixel count, the pixels are spread too wide on an 8x10 and there is visable dithering or pixelation. I have a 3.1 camera, and I have noticed some dithering, you can see the pixels or dots from the camera.